The quiet diplomat who may lead the UN
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Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea's foreign minister, is the leading candidate to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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The sudden resignation of John Danforth as the US ambassador to the United Nations after only six months in the job may have come as a surprise to other diplomats, but it was as predictable as it was unfortunate.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering transferring his envoy in Iraq to Sudan, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year, diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Flying 215,000 miles and visiting 39 countries, Ban Ki-moon has put tireless energy into his first year as U.N. secretary-general but has struggled to raise the profile of the much-criticized body.
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It's beginning to look like the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is once again going to be vacant for several months. John Bolton 's recess appointment ended over the weekend -- he's said to be heading back to his perch at the American Enterprise Institute -- and there's still no white...
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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 t...
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Speculation on a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to succeed John Bolton is focusing on Washington's current ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and a former U.S. deputy ambassador at the U.N., Richard Williamson.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted that the UN oil-for-food scandal had &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over the United Nations, and made 2004 an especially troubled year, however, he played down the question of resigning.
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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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The UN Security Council is due to hold an informal ballot as it nears a decision on the next UN secretary general.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday corruption allegations in the Iraqi oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. To meet criticism in the Republican-dominated US Congress that the United Nations was withholding documents, Annan said a UN probe led by Paul Volcker, the former ...
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One of the best appointments made by President Bush came last summer, when he selected former Missouri Sen. John Danforth to serve as this country&#39;s ambassador to the United Nations.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Despite an appearance at the United Nations that was friendlier and more optimistic than any of his previous speeches to the world body, President Bush still faces a skeptical crowd at the UN.
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With a demeanor described as professorial and the quiet hobbies of landscape painting and antique collecting, Viktor Yushchenko seems an unlikely candidate to have provoked a peaceful revolution.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under fire in Congress over a troubled oil program for Iraq, received some friendly advice last month in a private meeting with former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and other foreign policy experts.
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- It&#39;s been a quiet two weeks, but security officials are gearing up for action today when Secretary of State Colin Powell visits the Olympics.