www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-13 11:07:31
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is expected to be elected by acclamation as next Secretary-General of the United Nations at a General Assembly on its Friday session to formally appoint the successor to Kofi Annan.
The Secretary-General designate will not take the oath of office immediately, but at a later date in December. This arrangement would allow him to finish some of his current duty as his country's foreign minister. His five-year term as the new UN Secretary-General will start on Jan. 1 2007. |
Created: 13.10.2006 10:18 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:18 MSK
MosNews The U.N. Security Council moved closer Thursday night to agreement on a resolution that would impose an arms embargo and broad financial sanctions on North Korea in response to its claimed nuclear test, according to senior U.S. and European diplomats, The Washington Post reported.
Council diplomats said Russia softened its opposition after Rice agreed in a phone conversation with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to drop U.S. opposition to a Russian-backed resolution criticizing its neighbor Georgia, which recently detained seven Russian soldiers who were accused of spying. Comment: The headline and second paragraph say it all. The UN is a club for the brokering of the interests of the veto-carrying Security Council members. If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
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