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...touch. Ethiopia is discovering, as the U.S. has in Iraq, that invasion and occupation are two different things. It is stuck fast in its own East African quagmire, reluctant to stay yet unable to withdraw. This month, in response to a Security Council request, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said sending in a U.N. peacekeeping force was "neither realistic, nor viable" and - appropriating the White House's language - suggested the formation a multinational "coalition of the willing." Ban knows full well that no one is willing. The African Union, which promised 8,000 peacekeepers, has supplied just...
...Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon lauded Gore's efforts as a reflection of how individuals and groups can crystallize awareness of global warming. He said he now hopes that all nations will “commit themselves to a real breakthrough” at December’s annual climate treaty conference in Indonesia...
Some observers hope U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoys can persuade repressive regimes to relent. U.N. officials must certainly use their pulpits to condemn abuses and mobilize international (not simply bilateral) punitive measures. But history has shown that envoys rarely succeed unless the Security Council is united behind them. Until Sudan and Burma begin to hear Chinese footsteps, they will have little incentive to engage in good-faith negotiations...
...explain this silence, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said that the more the international community pressures Sudan to comply with the ICC, the more likely it is that Sudan will renege on UNAMID deployment. But this is completely wrongheaded—it is precisely because Sudan’s commitment is so tenuous that further international pressure is crucial...
...Ki-Moon, U.N. Secretary-General, speaking to leaders from more than 150 nations at a Sept. 24 meeting to discuss climate change. President Bush, who has argued that strict environmental regulations would hinder economic growth, declined to attend...