Tag: Ban Ki Moon
Ban Ki-Moon calls for Ramadan truce in Yemen
United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon, on Monday in Geneva, urged all warring sides in the Yemen conflict to silence their…
Ban appoints new UNICEF Exec Director, Force Commander in Cote d’voire
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday, announced the appointment of Ms Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy Executive Director…
Ban Ki-Moon condemns South Sudan for expelling UN envoy
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has condemned the Government of South Sudan’s decision to expel the UN Deputy Special Representative…
UN posthumous medals for 126 fallen peacekeepers – Ban
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday in New York, gave posthumous awards of Dag Hammarskjöld medal to 126 peacekeepers…
UN, EU urge dialogue in Burundi after killing of prominent politician
The United Nations and the European Union, have cautioned Burundi’s government and its opponents not to allow violence derail the…
Ban-Ki Moon, Turkish PM, Others congratulate Buhari
President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari has been receiving phone calls from world leaders calling to congratulate him on his victory. The…
World Leaders Congratulate Buhari
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other world leaders on Wednesday congratulated General Muhammed Buhari on his hard worn victory in…
Ban congratulates Nigerians on peaceful elections
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has congratulated Nigeria on the largely peaceful and orderly conduct of presidential and parliamentary elections.…
Ban Ki-moon condemns ‘terrorist attacks’ at Yemen mosques
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Friday the “terrorist attacks” on Yemeni mosques that killed at least 142 worshippers. Friday’s…
2015 Elections: UN reiterates support to Nigeria
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has reiterated the full support of the UN to the new dates fixed for the…
Poll Shift: Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to start rapid PVC distribution
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid…
Ban Ki-Moon backs regional force to fight Boko Haram
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of…
Boko Haram: UN ready to assist Nigeria, says Ban
The United Nations has promised to assist the Nigerian Government and all affected neighbouring States in bringing an end to…
Ban appoints Nigerian as Force Commander, UN mission in Liberia
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Friday, announced the appointment of Major General Salihu Uba of Nigeria as the Force…
Ban Ki-Moon condemns terrorist attack on Nigeria, Pakistan
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned recent attacks on civilians by militant groups in Nigeria, Yemen and Pakistan. Ban,…
Insurgency: UN scribe expresses solidarity with Nigeria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday expressed solidarity with the governments and people of Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen in their…
Climate change fight time running out fast, says Ban Ki Moon
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged nations Tuesday to seize a shrinking opportunity to tame global warming as ministers negotiated for…
Jonathan Assures Of Smooth 2015 Election
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured the international community that next year’s general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in…
Ebola: Ban commends Nigeria’s efforts, doggedness
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola…
Ban Ki-moon alarmed by Israel’s plan to seize West Bank
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is “alarmed” by Israeli plans to expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land…
UN chief slams ‘brutal’ IS killings in Iraq
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed “brutal killings of civilians” by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq,…
Pope calls on UN to stop Iraq violence
Pope Francis has called on the international community and the United Nations in particular to do all they can to…
Ban Ki Moon condemns Gaza school shelling: ‘madness must stop’
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the shelling of another UN school in Gaza Sunday, calling it “a…
Ban urges Israel, Hamas to build on Gaza calm
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israel and Hamas to build on a lull in fighting in Gaza…
World leaders demand UN probe into downed Malaysia plane
World leaders on Thursday demanded an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, which crashed on Thursday with…
UN chief condemns Israeli teens’ kidnapping
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, called for their safe return…
Chibok Girls: UN rules out military intervention
A top United Nations envoy has ruled out a military intervention by the UN to rescue no fewer than 200…
UN Security Council condemns schoolgirls kidnap
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls Friday, as the world body’s secretary…
ECOWAS to assist Nigeria on counter-terrorism – Mahama
ECOWAS leaders had decided to invoke the community’s protocols on counter-terrorism to defeat terrorism and support Nigeria’s efforts to rescue…
Ban Ki Moon condemns Nigerian bombing
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last night condemned the bus bombing that killed at least 71 in Abuja, Nigeria on…