If war-scarred Sri Lanka is to re-emerge as a tropical paradise, it has to build enduring peace through genuine inter-ethnic equality and by making the transition from being a unitary state to being a federation that grants local autonomy. Yet even in victory, the Lankan government seems unable to define peace or outline a political [...]
With more than two years to go before the expiry of his term, Ban Ki Moon has already started feeling the ‘Global jitters.’The US thinks he lacks aggression while the Russians feel that he had undermined Russia’s interests in the UN. Moon’s moves in Georgia and his failure to appoint Russians to top slots in [...]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending the U.N. political chief to Sri Lanka to press the government to step up the release of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians who have been detained since the South Asian nation’s civil war ended in May.
Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe said Monday he will also press the government to [...]
Criticisms are being levelled from all quarters these days against UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for not taking steps to halt the Sri Lankan (SL) war concluded recently. ‘The Economist’ magazine has declared that Ban Ki Moon’s popularity is on the decline day by day , based on an opinion poll , adding that, [...]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Sri Lanka on Tuesday for revoking the work visa of a spokesman for the U.N. children’s foundation UNICEF, whom Colombo accuses of spreading rebel propaganda.
“The secretary-general strongly regrets the decision of the Sri Lankan government to expel Mr. James Elder, spokesman for UNICEF in Sri Lanka,” U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq [...]
Ban Accused of Weakening Body’s Moral Authority
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a message for despots and dictators: We can talk.
The world’s top diplomat has had more face time with autocratic leaders than any of his recent predecessors, jetting off for tete-a-tetes with Burma’s senior general, Than Shwe, and pulling aside Sudanese President Omar Hassan [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he has made it quite clear to President Mahinda Rajapaksa that even though the fighting in the country might be over there are much more important things to be done including political reconciliation and reaching out to minority groups as well as the process for accountability for any violation of [...]
A top secret report by a senior Norwegian diplomat on the performance of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been published in Norway. And the diplomat doesn’t mince her words, saying that the South Korean secretary-general has failed the UN in many respects. Its not good timing either: He is due to visit Oslo in [...]
