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...seems the East Coast might yet again be the backdrop for a massive overhaul of the world's financial playbook. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly backed calls for a summit before the new year, saying the agency's headquarters in New York - the very "symbol of multilateralism" - should play host. Sarkozy concurred, but for different reasons: "Insofar as the crisis began in New York," he said, "then the global solution must be found to this crisis in New York...
...location of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s speech at Harvard yesterday was ironically fitting; Ban spoke of the influence President John F. Kennedy ’40 had on his life while standing in the Institute of Politics forum bearing the president’s name. In his introduction of Ban, former Kennedy School dean Graham T. Allison ’62 recalled that he first met the South Korean native when he arrived at the Kennedy School as a Master of Public Administration student in 1983. “He shook my hand...
...Last week, during the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed worries that financial problems in the United States might deter leaders from living up to pledges for the Millennium Development Project (MDP). For the U.S., it would certainly be impossible to fund two wars plus the bailout, and still help the poorest of the poor. And yet, the instinctual responses to catastrophe—protectionism, withdrawal from the international political and economic community, and decreased foreign aid—must be challenged. On the edge of a global recession lies the perfect opportunity...
...course of his 18-month journey, the Solartaxi has accrued a considerable following, attracting the attention of media and luminaries from around the world. Palmer has chauffeured various guests, from Jay Leno in Los Angeles to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in Bali to the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York...
...August 2007, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went to Khartoum with his political negotiators - without the ICC charges on any schedule for discussion. He talked privately with Bashir about the ICC and arresting Haroun; Bashir refused. As if to show the prosecutor just how impotent the ICC was, al-Bashir promoted Haroun and expanded his influence a week after Ban Ki-moon left the country. In his new position as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Haroun was able to routinely block humanitarian aid to the 2.5 million Darfuris trapped in refugee camps. In addition, he was given three new titles...