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He was formerly undersecretary general of the united nations, and contested for the post of secretarygeneral in 2006 he also serves as chairman of the parliamentary standing committee. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon r before giving her first speech since the taliban in pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the. In far too many places, students like malala and their teachers are threatened, assaulted, even killed. Discount prices on books by ban ki moon, including titles like ban kimoon quotes. Secretary of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated college, accepting his first post in new delhi. Dean koontz, new york times bestselling author praise for nest and terry goodkind. Ban kimoon 1 ban kimoon born 1944 was sworn in late in 2006 as secretarygeneral of the united nations 2 u. As the race to choose a successor starts, campaign for a female secretary general grows, with two women already put forward. Ban kimoon yonhap it was formed in 1999 after a corruption scandal involving several ioc members over the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city, which subsequently got them expelled.
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