SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER BAN KI-MOON IS ELECTED NEW UN SECRETARY GENERAL
By Petros Keshishian

AZG Armenian Daily
12/10/2006

South Korean foreign minister Ban Ki-Moon has been elected new UN
Secretary General. He is to replace Mr. Koffi Annan in his office
from January 1, 2007.

The representatives of 15 member states of the UN Security Council
voted for Ban Ki-Moon who is 62.

According to the UN regulation, in the course of the coming few
days the representatives of 192 UN member states should approve the
candidacy of Ban Ki-Moon and the decision of the UN Security Council.

As for his appointment, Ban Ki-Moon stated that the first goal he
attains is to settle the crisis with the nuclear program of North
Korea.

France-Presse informed that Ban Ki-Moon’s candidacy was predictable
already last week, as 5 members of the UN Security Council had given
their consent for his appointment in the course of the preliminary
voting.

This is the first time in the UN History that common agreement was
secured so briefly.