Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Marian Houk
From Inner City Press, a great photo with an equally good caption:
“Ready for questions, but only if they like them, some say“…
UNSG BAN Ki-Moon speaking at microphone with UN spokesperson Michele Montas standing by his side — and holding her own little microphone.
Read reports of UN evasiveness and indignant attempts at reporter intimidation here.
The truth [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2007 by Marian Houk
A sub-spokesperson for the President of the UN General Assembly told journalists on Thursday that “informal consultations of the General Assembly plenary on the Secretary-General’s proposal to realign the Department of Disarmament Affairs are scheduled for tomorrow [Friday] afternoon. Consultations on the realignment of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations are scheduled for Monday afternoon.”
Journalists at [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Disarmament, Transition, UN Administration, UN General Assembly, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
More results from the SG’s meetings at UNHQ/NY, as announced by the spokesperson: “The Secretary-General met today with Heads of Funds and Programmes to discuss the need to ensure staff mobility…The Secretary-General told the Executive Heads he has decided to open a number of positions in his own office to expressions of interest from staff [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The UN spokesperson gave the following information to journalists at the UN’s regular Noon Briefing at UNHQ/NY on Thursday:
“Question: There are indications that in the framework of restructuring that the Secretary-General is proposing that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations be divided into two separate parts –- planning and operational. Can you confirm or deny that?Â
Spokesperson: [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2007 by Marian Houk
The spokesperson announced on Friday that the Secretary-General had, on Thursday, ”requested all Assistant and Under-Secretaries-General, except those whose appointments are subject to action/consultation by or with the appropriate intergovernmental bodies, to voluntarily offer their resignation from the appointments they are holding.  This would allow the Secretary-General the flexibility he needs in forming his new team. He will [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Marian Houk
…whether or not new SG BAN KI-MOON is unable to break away from old traditions, as the NY Sun suggests in an article today. In the first place, it would be almost impossible for even the canny BAN, and even with his sharp South Korean-led transition team, to be well-versed, yet, in the UN’s “old traditions”. BAN’s [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Kofi Annan, Kofi Annan Watch, Transition, UN Administration, UN Peacekeeping, UN Secretary-General, US in UN
Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Marian Houk
But new SG BAN KI-MOON used it on his first working day at UN Headquarters in New York today, in a typical UN “tour d’horizon” - ”I start my duties at a daunting time in international affairs, starting from Darfur to Middle East, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, many other crises that trouble our world from defending [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, International Law, Iraq, Journalism and Journalists, Transition, UN Secretary-General
Posted on January 1st, 2007 by Marian Houk
The Associated Press (AP) is not sleeping. UN Correspondent Edith Lederer writes in a piece published this morning that Ban Ki-moon takes the reins of U.N.: “UNITED NATIONS - South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon became the United Nations’ eighth secretary-general on New Year’s Day as the organization faced a tough array of global issues — [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, North Korea, Transition, UN General Assembly, UN History, UN Secretary-General
Posted on December 31st, 2006 by Marian Houk
Hours ahead of the actual transition to his administration, ”Incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday appointed veteran Indian diplomat Vijay Nambiar as his chief of staff and award-winning Haitian journalist Michelle Montas as his spokesperson, ” the Associated Press is reporting. “The appointments were the first by Ban, who officially takes the reins of the [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Haiti, Transition, UN Secretary-General
Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Marian Houk
The SG-desginate, BAN KI-MOON of South Korea, will be sworn in as the next UNSG at the UN General Assembly in New York at 10 a.m. on 14 December. But Kofi Annan’s mandate does not end until 31 December at midnight, New York Time.
Musing on BAN KI-MOON’s post-election statements in New York, my Mentor wrote to [...]
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