Poll: S. Korean leads in UN race
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South Korea's foreign minister kept his spot as the favorite in the race to succeed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an informal poll yesterday, the only one among the seven candidates to get the needed majority of votes. Ban Ki-Moon received 13 votes in favor, one against, and one no opinion, China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya said. ...
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 14 -- South Korean diplomat Ban Ki Moon was sworn in Thursday as the United Nations' eighth secretary general in a ritualistic General Assembly ceremony as the United States and other countries  praised Kofi Annan's 10-year stewardship of the world's premier political institution....
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Japan has thrown its support behind South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to be the next chief of the United Nations, after previous hesitation due to strained ties between the neighbors.
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Scandal-tainted Lee Myung-bak set to become South Korea's next president, exit poll shows
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South Korea's foreign minister sought to cement his front-runner status in the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN chief, vowing that if elected he would try to make the world body leaner and more efficient.
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A ranking South Korean official on Friday argued it was too early to assume that the country will be referred to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for its past nuclear experiments.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is likely to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general after cementing his lead in an informal poll on Monday with no opposition from the five council powers.
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The race to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general may be as good as over, diplomats said Monday, with South Korea's foreign minister so far ahead of five other candidates that time was running out for anyone new to emerge as a serious challenger.
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November's U.S. presidential election is  the main reason North Korea is stalling over talks on its  nuclear ambitions but there is no need to force the pace, South  Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Wednesday.
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Bosnia's wartime foreign minister Haris Silajdzic leads in the race for the Muslim member of the state tri-presidency against incumbent Sulejman Tihic, organizers of an October 1 vote said on Monday.
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The United Nations Security Council will meet next Monday to formally endorse South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as its choice to become the next UN secretary general, its president said.
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No matter who wins the Nov. 2 election, the United States is expected to move quickly to engage North Korea in a new round of talks about its suspected nuclear weapons programs, South Korean ambassador Han Sung-joo said on Wednesday.
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Three more candidates withdrew on Thursday from the race to become U.N. secretary-general, leaving only South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to face an official U.N. Security Council vote next week.
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South Korea's foreign minister, the clear favorite to become the next U.N. secretary-general, vowed Tuesday to pursue crucial reforms of the world body if elected and to seek a peaceful resolution to North Korea's nuclear standoff.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is likely to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary general after winning an informal poll on Monday with no opposition from the five veto-bearing nations, diplomats said.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 -- The leading candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki  Moon, South Korea's  minister of foreign affairs and trade,  has at least one potential advantage over his rivals in the election race for the world's top diplomat:
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A new poll shows former Indonesian Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono maintaining a strong lead ahead of Monday&#39;s presidential runoff election.