South Korea's Ban likely to succeed Annan at U.N.
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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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South Korea has welcomed North Korea's invitation to the United Nations nuclear watchdog to send a delegation to Pyongyang, a possible first step towards its nuclear disarmament.
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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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Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea's foreign minister, is the leading candidate to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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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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South Korea is jubilant after its foreign minister Ban Ki-Moon took a decisive step towards becoming the next United Nations secretary general.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday rejected calls from several US lawmakers for his resignation, saying he will &quot;carry on&quot; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the next UN secretary general at a General Assembly ceremony during which he vowed to be &quot;a harmonizer and bridge-builder&quot; and build on the legacy of the incumbent, Kofi Annan.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he has no plans to resign, and will concentrate on reforming the international body in the last two years of his term.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States expressed confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations, an abrupt turnaround from its refusal to back him last week after a US senator called for his
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The UN Security Council is due to vote on proposed sanctions on Ivory Coast, including an arms ban.
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The Security Council handed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon a second victory in a &quot;straw poll&quot; to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter the fray.
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Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin  Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on  Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi  Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
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SEOUL - South Korean officials will meet with the UN nuclear watchdog this month to explain about controversial uranium enrichment tests conducted four years ago, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said on Saturday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected calls for his resignation from several US lawmakers, saying Tuesday he will ``carry on&#39;&#39; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years.
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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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U.N. officials fear that Secretary General Kofi Annan may have lost the confidence of the organization's most powerful constituent, the U.S.