Ban sworn in as U.N. secretary-general
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon took the oath of office as the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, promising to restore the organization's tarnished reputation and push for peace in the Middle East and Darfur.
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The announcement of John R. BoltonÂs decision to step down was greeted by United Nations officials with relief.
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Retired army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s 6th president for a five-year term by the People&#39;s Consultative Assembly at the parliament building here Wednesday.
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14 October 2004 - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated King Norodom Sihamoni for his election as Cambodiaâs new King and Head of State.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  arrived in Sudan on Monday to lay the groundwork for a solution  to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of  thousands of peacekeepers.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave Sudan a warning on human rights after arriving on Monday to lay the groundwork for an end to the Darfur conflict through talks and deployment of thousands of peacekeepers.
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The United Nations officially began a new peace-keeping effort in a ceremony that transferred power from the African Union.
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UNITED NATIONS -- When U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon first approached President Bush at the White House in January to muster support for a U.N. climate-change initiative, the president's response was cool: An impatient Bush reminded Ban that he did not want to restrain U.S. industries, and that...
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Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by US Deputy President Dick Cheney and Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Retired Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president on Wednesday after winning the country&#39;s first-ever direct elections for head of state last month.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: After six months in the job, the UN secretary general should be taking the lead, but his record so far is underwhelming.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia  - Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president Wednesday after winning the country's first-ever direct election for head of state last month.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council's five permanent members yesterday unanimously backed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's bid to become the United Nations' next secretary general, making it likely that he will be endorsed next week by the 15-nation council as the world's top diplomat.
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UNITED NATIONS -- South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth UN secretary-general yesterday and vowed to restore trust in an institution tainted by scandal and a growing divide between rich and poor nations.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan on Monday in a bid to jumpstart the peace process in strife-torn Darfur ahead of a massive joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation.
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The announcement today of John R. BoltonÂs imminent departure was greeted by United Nations officials with relief .
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 -- The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members on Monday unanimously backed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon's bid to become the United Nations' next secretary general, making it likely he will be endorsed next week by the 15-nation council as the world's top...