The end of Ban Ki-moon's term as UN Secretary-General in 2016 and the forthcoming elections of his successor (the first round of Security Council voting on the candidates
is scheduled
for July 21, 2016) will provide an occasion for the international community not ...
Ban Ki-moon’s term as Secretary-General of the United Nations expires in 2016 and the world community will have to elect a new chief executive of the Organization.
During its 70-year history, the United Nations has introduced a number of changes ...
... according to rumours).
Will the scandal surrounding Lee Wan-koo’s resignation have long-lasting consequences? The most likely candidate that the ruling party will put forward in the December 2017 presidential elections is current UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose second term in office will end in December 2016. But the wave of corruption in South Korea has taken the shine off his reputation as well. The Conservatives, however, are unlikely to just let the opposition sweep in and take power. ...
... Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Interview
In balancing the interests of 193 UN Member States with the principles of the UN Charter, the Secretary-General handles the most complex problems in the world, ones which have no easy solutions. Ban Ki-moon prefers quiet diplomacy over the bully pulpit; and this approach has earned him unanimous support by the UN Member States for his second term. In this interview Michèle Griffin, Director of Policy Planning Unit in the Executive Office of ...