Directed by David Ohana and produced by Vannina Maestracci and David Ohana, the documentary “The World in a Day: Behind the Scenes with the UN Secretary-General” shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his team during the 2010 General Assembly in New York city.
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The World in a Day: Behind the Scenes with the UN Secretary-General
Published June 29, 2011 Videos Leave a CommentBook Review: Heroes of the United Nations, Men and Women Who Made the World a Better Place
Published June 28, 2011 Book Review 5 CommentsTags: afghanistan, Angela King, august 19, baghdad, ban ki-moon, bombing, book, Carlo Urbani, chasing the flame, Dag Hammarskjöld, de mello, Eleanor Roosevelt, Graça Machel, haiti, Helvi Sipilä, heroes, hotspots, humanitarian, iraq, kabul, nadia younes, ocha, red cross, reform, relief, security council, sergio vieira de mello, un, un flag, un logo, united nations, united nations logo, workers, world diplomats, world humanitarian day
A book about great heroes, heroes of the United Nations. Indeed, Dag Hammarskjöld, Angela King, Graça Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helvi Sipilä, Carlo Urbani, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Nadia Younes have all contributed to make the world a better place. Some of them have lost their life under the UN flag, others are still working to better the lives of the world’s poorest. They’re UN heroes!
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Ban Ki-moon wins Security Council backing for second term as UN chief
Published June 17, 2011 From the Press 1 CommentTags: backing, ban ki-moon, general assembly, head, latin america, permanent members, second term, secretary-general, security council, un, united nations
Source: Associated Press
The U.N. Security Council approved Friday a second five-year term for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a critical last step before the 192-member General Assembly holds the definitive vote next week. The vote by acclamation came after a one-day delay due to what U.N. diplomats described as procedural and technical hold ups from some Latin American countries.
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A Second Chance for Ban Ki-moon
Published June 7, 2011 From the Press Leave a CommentTags: backing, ban ki-moon, general assembly, head, latin america, permanent members, second term, secretary-general, security council, un, united nations
Source: German Council on Foreign Relations | by Richard Gowan
A strategy to maintain UN relevance in a shifting geopolitical climate
Although Ban Ki-moon faces no challengers in his bid for a second term, he will have to demonstrate an improved instinct for running the United Nations. Without better leadership, the UN runs the risk of becoming irrelevant, as Western governments’ austerity cuts constrict an already tight budget and rising powers seek to limit UN interference.
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Are new global warming targets needed?
Published June 2, 2011 From the Press 1 CommentTags: cancun, carbon, carbon expo, climate, climate conference, climate targets, consensus, emissions, executive secretary, figueres, framework co, global, international emissions trading, mexico, sea level, un, unfccc, united nations, warming
Source: The Guardian | by Fiona Harvey
The world should agree to limit global warming to just 1.5C instead of the current target of 2C, the United Nations’ climate chief has said, in remarks that shocked the governments of developed nations. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, said: “Two degrees is not enough – we should be thinking of 1.5C. If we are not headed to 1.5C we are in big, big trouble.”
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