Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moonis a South Korean statesman and politician who is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 June 1944
our-world risk together
Many say our world is at a tipping point. If we do not act together, if we do not act responsibly, if we do not act now, we risk slipping into a cycle of poverty, degradation, and despair.
rights together east
From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging of human rights and the abandonment of longstanding humanitarian principles. We need competent and responsible states to meet the needs of "we the peoples" for whom the UN was created. And the world's peoples will not be fully served unless peace, development and human rights, the three pillars of the UN, are advanced together with equal vigour.
country mean korea
Reason doesn't mean very much in a country like North Korea.
environmental borders border-security
Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.
nuclear-disarmament world path
Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
web-of-life way vegan
We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.
issues water needs
Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.
girl responsibility boys
Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.
community poverty development
Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
real school home
Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women - and that a woman's place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.
poverty steps disease
It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
country voice climate-change
A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.
opportunity profound people
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.
people terrorism prosperity
Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.