Secretary general ban ki moon told cnbc he is deeply deeply concerned about the state of global politics and described current global leaders focus on short term political gains. Former united nations secretary general ban ki moon tells cnbcs tania bryer how his home country of south korea has been dealing with the pandemic.
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Ban ki moon resume. Born 13 june 1944 is a south korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary general of the united nations from january 2007 to december 2016. During his two terms he faced a number of challenges including the north korean and iranian nuclear threats troubles in the middle east and the syrian civil war. His priorities have been to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges from climate change and economic. Former united nations secretary general ban ki moon has joined world leaders to sue for peace in the face of the covid 19. 5 2010 when ban was united nations secretary general. Chair of the global centre on adaptation and ex un secretary general ban ki moon called up sheikh hasina around 610pm and informed about it said pms press secretary ihsanul karim reports unb.
The press secretary said ban ki moon and the prime minister in their nearly 12 minutes of conversation talked about different issues including the cvf conference and the global centre on adaptation. America needs a major infrastructure overhauland it must be green. Ban ki moon south korean diplomat and politician who served as the eighth secretary general 200716 of the united nations. Finance abc 6 philadelphia like us on. Ban ki moon b æ n. Ban ki moon was the eighth secretary general of the united nations.
The ex un secretary general extended her heartiest congratulations to prime minister sheikh hasina on her election as the cvf chair for the second time. Before becoming secretary general ban was a career diplomat in south koreas ministry of foreign affairs and in the united nations. Ban ki moon l and his wife yoo soon taek r lay a wreath at the monument of bombing centre in peace park in nagasaki on aug. In this connection ban ki moon opined that the people of southeast asia will have to be built as resilient so that they can tackle situations like covid 19 pandemic and cyclone amphan.