Ask Ban Ki Moon
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In January 2007, South Korea's Ban Ki-moon became the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. A former foreign minister who worked on peace negotiations with North Korea, one of Ban's biggest priorities as secretary general has been climate change: he once identified global warming as a danger as big as any current war. He's had plenty of them, too, overseeing the U.N.'s response to everything from the Darfur crisis to the Congolese conflict (in which 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers, the world's largest U.N. peacekeeping mission, are currently involved). Use the form below to submit your questions for Ban Ki-moon; then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.
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Secretary-General Bam
I think I am the only person in the world proposing an integrated school in Jerusalem for the children of the Israeli and Palestinian politicians, as well as similar ones in Nicosia (Cyprus), Panmunjeom (Korea), Wagah (India), and other towns located on a conflict's divide. For people like me, whom at the UN should they contact where their creative ideas might get a fair hearing?
(Time editors, my website is http://www.1for2.org. If you don't include this question, I hope that you might still share this website with SG Ban's office. I am really gearing this schooling model for Cyprus first, and I know that the UN is desperate to resolve that problem. Thank you.)
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I think people are getting more comfortable with seeing diverse nationalities in political positions. Did being South Korean ever effect your political position in any way?
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what steps or measures are you taking towards climate change?
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do you still aim for the union of north korea and south korea?
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what changes will you implement in the UN now that you are in office?
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Which previous United Nations Secretary-General inspires you the most? Do you attempt to emulate them? What can we learn from previous Secretaries-General?
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How do you feel about all of the criticisms of the U.N. and do you have any plans to win those critics over?
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You have stated in the past that UN Resolution 2758 justifies Taiwan's exclusion from the United Nations and that "the People's Republic of China is representing the whole of China as the sole and legitimate representative Government of China." If this is so, in what way has the PRC represented the interests of Taiwan, and how has Taiwan benefited from the PRC being their sole representative within the United Nations?
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Would you rather see the United States withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan or commit peacekeeping forces to areas like Darfur or Zimbabwe?
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What are your views and measures you are willing to take in response to various terrorist attacks around the world, including the recent Mumbai situation?
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What do you hope to accomplish with President-elect Barack Obama? Also, in regards to global warming, have your goals to combat this problem changed any, based on the outcome of the election?
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How do you think, is the best way to harmonize economic development and sustainable development in such a manner that one does not present an obstacle to another?
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1 What are your major archivements as regards war resolutions?
2 What are the boundaries of UN in civil wars.
3 What is your stand on people who smoke in public
4 Is there any opportunity of a fresh graduate working in the UN? -
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When there's the incredibly difficult task of acheiving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 because of the insufficiency of resources, isn't it frustrating when you see that there's a 700 billion dollar spent on the bail out for the US financial industry? Is it being considered the increase of the minimum percentage of GDP in the International Aid budgets of the developed countries?
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do you think nato is irrelevant in todays world ?
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do you think Nato is stil relevant in todays world ?
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Do you have any innovative ideas for the UN to have more teeth?
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Is it feasible for the UN to play an innovative, pro active role to prevent economic meltdown like what we are witnessing now?
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Does the UN under your leadership have any fresh ideas for promoting religious, ethnic, racial tolerance and harmony among the peoples of the world to prevent strife and bloodshed?
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Yo, dude, what's up? What's your plans for when the Illuminati are finally exposed to the public, you lizard tongued SOB.
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Do you believe that the UN should mediate a collaborative international effort to pull us out of our current global recession?
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In the case of civil wars what is your stance on how the UN should act, given ample resources?
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Sir,
What steps is the UN taking to clean up the corruption within? Lots of Americans would like to treat the UN as a great institution, but are concerned about political and financial corruption. I was wondering if the UN had created any new rules or standards for member countries to follow that would guarantee a more honest institution.
Best wishes, Steve Chastain -
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In your opinion, what is the best way to negotiate with intolerant or stubborn people?
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In the past, there have been calls to move the United Nations from NewYorkCity to another country? Do you agree or disagree?
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