Ban Ki-moon (The Elders) on Conflict prevention and mediation - Security Council, 8546th meeting. (Mayo 2024)
Si Ban Ki-Moon, (ipinanganak noong Hunyo 13, 1944, Ŭmsŏng, Korea na sinakop ng Hapon [ngayon sa South Korea]), diplomat at pulitiko ng South Korea, na nagsilbing ikawalong sekretarya-heneral (2007–16) ng United Nations (2007-16) UN).
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Sa edad na 18 si Ban ay nanalo ng isang kumpetisyon na nagdala sa kanya sa White House upang matugunan si US Pres. Si John F. Kennedy, isang pagbisita na inangkin ni Ban ay nagbigay inspirasyon sa kanyang pampublikong karera. Tumanggap siya ng isang bachelor's degree (1970) sa internasyonal na relasyon mula sa Seoul National University at nakakuha ng master's degree (1985) mula sa John F. Kennedy School of Government sa Harvard University. Matapos ang pagpasok sa banyagang serbisyo sa Timog Korea noong 1970, nagsilbi siyang tagapayo sa embahada sa Washington, DC (1987-90), direktor ng mga gawain sa Amerika sa Foreign Ministry (1990–92), representante na ministro ng dayuhan (1995–96), at tagapayo ng pambansang seguridad sa pangulo (1996–98). Kasunod ng isang naging embahador sa Austria (1998–2000), si Ban ay bumalik sa Seoul bilang bise-ministro ng mga pakikipag-ugnay sa dayuhan (2000–01). Noong 2003 siya ay naging tagapayo sa dayuhang patakaran sa bagong pangulo, si Roh Moo Hyun.Bilang ministro ng pakikipag-ugnay sa dayuhan at kalakalan mula 2004 hanggang 2006, si Ban ay may mahalagang papel sa anim na partido na mga pag-uusap na naglalayong denuclearizing North Korea.
Ban’s UN experience began in 1975 when he became a staff member of the UN division of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. In the late 1970s, when South Korea had only observer status, Ban was posted to the South Korean mission to the UN. In 1999 he served as chairman of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. Ban also led the cabinet of the president of the UN General Assembly during South Korea’s tenure of the rotating presidency in 2001–02, the critical period following the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 (see September 11 attacks).
On October 13, 2006, just days after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon, Ban was named UN secretary-general-elect. Though Ban’s quiet demeanour led some observers to question his ability to take on the daunting challenges facing the UN, others characterized him as an astute consensus builder who would be able to work effectively with both the Americans and the Chinese. Ban succeeded Kofi Annan on January 1, 2007, becoming the first Asian to serve as UN secretary-general since Burmese statesman U Thant held the office (1962–71). Ban faced a number of challenges, including the North Korean and Iranian nuclear threats, troubles in the Middle East, and the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Reform of the UN itself was also a major issue. In 2011 Ban was elected to a second term.
His second term saw Ban deal with a number of crises, particularly in the Middle East, such as the Syrian Civil War and fallout from the various movements of the Arab Spring. In addition, he had to cope with the international turmoil over Russia’s forcible annexation of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea in 2014. The responses that the UN made to those crises were often criticized as being too slow or ineffectual, and his second term as secretary-general was widely perceived as having been far less successful than his first when it ended on December 31, 2016.
In 2017 Ban became chair of the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission. The following year he cofounded the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens.
