Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Israel and Palestine. Following a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Ki-moon noted that nearly 50 years of ...

Ban Ki-moon, born on 13 June 1944, is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. And, on this day in 2023, take a ...

The decision was as much about honoring Ban as sending a message about Mongolia’s commitment to the United Nations and its contribution to global goals. President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (left) confers the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called for unity, for nations to come together in cooperation, partnership and solidarity and to redouble efforts to achieve ...

On video chat, Ban Ki-moon is almost preternaturally kind. “Thank you for your interest in my life story and my philosophy,” he says, smiling serenely. At 76, the former secretary-general of the ...

In his time as the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon oversaw responses to several megadisasters. That included, in 2010, the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which left tens of thousands ...