Ban Ki-moon: United Nations Secretary-General
Rebecca Aldridge
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As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea's foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of U.N. secretary-general. Ban has worked to show the benefits of diplomatic approaches in solving conflict, and has called for the world's ... Read more
As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea's foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of U.N. secretary-general. Ban has worked to show the benefits of diplomatic approaches in solving conflict, and has called for the world's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Modern World Leaders
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604130706
SKU
V9781604130706
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Ref
99-4
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