Ban Ki-moon

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon praises FYROM deal, notes popular discontent

Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Greece-FYROM agreement on the name issue but expressed concern over its reception by the public, in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian New Agency (ANA).

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Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades cites territory issue for collapse of peace talks

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he rejected a proposal by the Turkish-Cypriot side to connect the issue of territory with the issue of security and third-party guarantees.

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The rights of refugees must always be protected, Ban Ki Moon says

The rights of refugees forced to leave their homes must continue to be protected at all times, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in a statement to the ANA-MPA shortly before his arrival in Greece on Friday.

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Ban Ki-moon: Refugees and Migrants, a crisis of solidarity

This September, the United Nations General Assembly will bring together world leaders to address one of the leading challenges of our time: responding to large movements of refugees and migrants. War, human rights violations, underdevelopment, climate change and natural disasters are leading more people to leave their homes than at any time since we have […]

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Violating refugee laws… Shouldn’t the U.N. cease its activities in Vienna?

By Ilias Kouskouvelis* Students and, especially, practitioners of international relations have often expressed a nihilistic and rather dismissive opinion about the role of the United Nations, its utility and its effectiveness.

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UN chief: Solution can be found if leaders overcome challenges

The objective of a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus issue “is expected to be achieved, provided that the political will of the leaders and of their respective communities overcome current political and economic challenges and that there is continuing support from the international community”, the UN Secretary General says in his report to the UN […]

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Pool Report on Secretary-General’s Lunch for World Leaders

The luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for leaders of the 193 member states attending the 70th anniversary meeting of the General Assembly took place in the newly renovated Delegates Lounge, where floor-to-ceiling blue curtains blocked the view of the East River, a security measure.

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Ο κ. Αναστασιάδης απαντά στο μέγα ερώτημα: Ο Ακιντζί θέλει αλλά δεν μπορεί;

Ο Πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας κ. Νίκος Αναστασιάδης συνοδευόμενος από τη σύζυγο του κα Άντρη Αναστασιάδη, τον Υφυπουργό παρά τω Προέδρω κ. Κωνσταντίνο Πετρίδη και τον Κυβερνητικό Εκπρόσωπο κ. Νίκο Χριστοδουλίδη, έφθασε χθες Τρίτη από το Σικάγο στη Νέα Υόρκη για να λάβει μέρος στις εργασίες της 70ης Συνόδου της Γενικής Συνέλευσης των Ηνωμένων Εθνών.

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Statement by the Secretary-General on Cyprus

I warmly welcome the finalisation of a joint communiqué today and the formal re-launch by the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Derviş Eroğlu, of fully fledged negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

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Πρόσκληση του Γ.Γ. προς τους δύο ηγέτες να ξεπεράσουν εντός τεσσάρων ημερών τα εμπόδια

Του Αποστόλη Ζουπανιώτη Με δήλωση του εκπροσώπου την οποία χαρακτηρίζει το αυστηρό ύφος κι η επίκληση σχετικής απόφασης του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας για επανάληψη των συνομιλιών, επέλεξε ο Γενικός Γραμματέας να στείλει μήνυμα στους δύο ηγέτες, καλώντας τους να ξεπεράσουν στη διάρκεια της επίσκεψης του Αλεξάντερ Ντάουνερ το αδιέξοδο.

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