Korean Virtually Assured of Top Job at U.N.
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The foreign minister of South Korea won overwhelming support in a final informal poll of the Security Council.
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UNITED NATIONS -- South Korea's former ambassador to the United Nations, Choi Young-jin, will travel to Ivory Coast in the coming weeks to run the world body's peacekeeping efforts, making him the first South Korean diplomat to lead a major U.N. mission in Africa, and the latest compatriot tapped...
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South Korea's foreign minister cemented his position as the front-runner to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in an informal U.N. Security ...Comment
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In a long statement in its trademark colourful language, the Korean Central News Agency issued its clearest indication since the US elections in November on the prospects for the stalled multilateral negotiations.
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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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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon has emerged as the clear favorite to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general after winning his third informal straw poll in the Security Council.
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South Korean's Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, won Monday's crucial informal poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, with no opposition from any of the five veto-bearing council members.
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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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International Atomic Energy Agency monitors said as they prepared to leave for North Korea on Thursday they were optimistic about their mission to verify a pledge by Pyongyang to shut down its atomic bomb program.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the next United Nations secretary general at a ceremony in New York.
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South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said on Tuesday he bore "a heavy sense of responsibility" after an informal ballot that virtually assured he would become the next United Nations secretary-general.
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UN inspectors on Friday said they were &quot;satisfied&quot; and praised North Korea&#39;s cooperation after visiting a nuclear reactor at the centre of efforts to disarm the communist country.
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A senior United Nations official says North Korea has given him a very positive message on resuming six-party talks on its nuclear ambitions.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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South Korea's foreign minister wins a third informal vote on a new UN secretary general, diplomats say.
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The South Korean front-runner to replace Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general rejected criticism that he is too weak for the job, insisting he has the "inner strength" needed to lead the world body.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are likely to arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor, the source of its bomb-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.