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Ban Ki-Moon

By Rebecca Aldridge

Book information

Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
1604130709, 9781604130706, 9781438119854
LCC
D839.7.P36 A67 2009
Open Library ID
OL16927067M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3474013 bytes)
Series
Modern world leaders
Edition
1
Pages
129\129
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea's foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of U.N. secretary-general. Ban has worked to show the benefits of diplomatic approaches in solving conflict, and has called for the world's citizens to change their habits to curb global warming. To restore people's trust in the battered organization, he has set standards for other U.N. staff. In "Ban Ki-moon", read how his further success in these areas will attempt to keep the U.N. relevant in an increasingly complex world.

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