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Ban’s Latest High-Level Appointments
Three new UN under secretaries-general have been chosen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his reshuffling of top posts for his second five-year term: Maged Abdelaziz, Egypt’s UN ambassador since...
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Ban Ki-moon’s New Team Earning Positive Reviews
Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal of Austria will start running the UN’s public-information office in August. Previously, he was a foreign-ministry spokesman. ASHRAF MAHMOUD When leaders of the world start...
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Gender Parity in Upper-Level UN Jobs Remains Elusive
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations,with students in Februay 2011 at Oxford University after he spoke on human security. MARK GARTEN/UN PHOTO This year, United Nations...
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The UN Awaits Results of Chemical Weapons Analysis From Syria
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, speaking to the press on Sept. 3 regarding the analysis of biomedical and environmental samples taken by a UN investigative team in Syria. In the daily...
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The Woman Who Opened Syria for UN Inspectors
Angela Kane, the UN high representative for disarmament, at an Arms Trade Treaty meeting in September 2013 in New York. CHAMPION HAMILTON Angela Kane has covered a lot of territory for the United...
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Angela Kane Is Leaving the UN in a Political Shuffle
Angela Kane, the UN’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addressing a conference in Geneva. Kane, a German, announced she was leaving the UN after an extensive career across continents and...
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Recent Senior Appointments at the UN Show Stubborn Gender Gap
Stephen O’Brien, a Briton, left, the new boss of the United Nations humanitarian agency, a highly visible post, at his swearing-in with Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general, in June. A roundup of new...
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A New Plan to Recruit Candidates for UN Secretary-General Emerges
John Kerry, US secretary of state, left, visiting Moldova in 2013, escorted by Natalia Gherman, then deputy prime minister of Moldova. Gherman is running for UN secretary-general. US STATE For the...
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Germany Gets What’s Fair: Some Top UN Jobs
Achim Steiner, a German-Brazilian, ran the United Nations Environment Program from 2009 to 2016. He was recently named to head the UN Development Program. Here, he rides an electric bike at the UN...
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