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Democratic Republic of Congo: New Peace Framework Requires Shared Vision

Maria Lange | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC Violence, Uganda, Peace, UK Impact, Un, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, UK News
Maria Lange

The latest agreement for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) offers a fresh and much needed glimmer of hope for ordinary Congolese citizens suffering from two decades of violence.

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The Syrian Ball Stops With the UN Secretary General

Mark Seddon | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Un, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Russia, China, Bashar Al-Assad, UK News
Mark Seddon

The sheer scale of the attacks now being launched by the Syrian State on rebels and civilians alike has bought about howls of anguish from across the Arab World and beyond.

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After Libya, The UN Must Adopt a More Reasonable Approach to Post Conflict Resolutions

Mark Seddon | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Libya, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Arab Spring, Middle East, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, UK News
Mark Seddon

Those expecting UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to use his second term as a period of quiet consolidation, before beginning the slow process of winding down, were in for a surprise as the New Year began.

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Iran's Nuclear Programme: The World Should Listen to the UN's Warning

Mark Seddon | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: James Callaghan, Iran Nuclear Weapons, IAEA Report, Iran, IAEA Iran, United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, UK Politics News
Mark Seddon

Wise counsel such as this was largely ignored in the run up to the war in Iraq, and such were the consequences that few thought such blundering would ever occur again.

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Ban Ki-moon, the man With a Mission, Comes of age

Mark Seddon | Posted 20.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Global Politics, Dag Hammarskjold, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Brian Urquhart, United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, Africa, UN General Assembly, Middle East, Un, UK Politics News
Mark Seddon

Sir Brian Urquhart, one of the oldest surviving senior UN staff members, reminded us recently that a former Secretary General of the UN, Dag Hammarskjold, had once said

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