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 man the military picked to succeed his late father as Togo's president was sworn in Monday even as Western diplomats boycotted the ceremony and hundreds of protesting students tried to disrupt it.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday chose the high-profile British head of a key agency as his new chief of staff, the start of a reshuffle aimed at instituting U.N. reforms and combating scandals.
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A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991.
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Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, was welcomed to London by the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, on 19 October 2004.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a new chief of staff yesterday in the first of what he described as a series of changes among senior UN personnel.
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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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EL FASHER, Sudan  - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the festering conflict.
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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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The ruling generals in Myanmar have agreed to the first visit by the UN's top human rights official in four years, the United Nations said on Monday.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday praised the inauguration of Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed as transitional president of Somalia.
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South Korean Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general on Thursday, pledging to act as a "bridge builder" and lead a dynamic and courageous United Nations when he takes office on January 1.
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The U.N. General Assembly's   first Muslim woman president took office on Tuesday vowing to   put U.N. reform and battling world poverty at the top of her   agenda.
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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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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.
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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on  Tuesday as the country's first popularly elected president at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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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.