# ban-ki-moon - Saturday 31 December, 2016
# Goodnight Moon
# Goodnight Moon
The UN head’s ten-year term as Secretary General comes to an end at midnight tonight.
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 14 October, 2016
# António Guterres
# António Guterres
Antonio Guterres has pledged to make the pursuit of peace in a conflict-torn world his “over-arching priority”.
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 30 September, 2016
# Bunker-busters
# Bunker-busters
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has condemned Russia’s bombardment of the Syrian city.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 26 August, 2015
# Razor-wire Fences
# Razor-wire Fences
Meanwhile the Defence Forces have rescued hundreds of people – including 71 children – in an operation tonight.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
# Drinking Ban
# Drinking Ban
You never know who you’ll meet – down in Brogans.
# ban-ki-moon - Sunday 24 May, 2015
# Trip To Tipp
# Trip To Tipp
If you’re in Tipperary today, and see a guy who looks a bit like Ban Ki-Moon – that’s probably Ban Ki-Moon .
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 22 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, will visit next week to mark the 60th anniversary of Ireland joining the UN.
# ban-ki-moon - Saturday 3 January, 2015
# Making A Difference
# Making A Difference
Those shortlisted include Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental, Médecins Sans Frontiéres and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 15 October, 2014
# Ban Ki-Moon
# Ban Ki-Moon
Ban Ki-Moon called the attack “absolutely unacceptable”.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 23 September, 2014
# No Time To Lose
# No Time To Lose
The Taoiseach was speaking at the UN summit on climate change in New York.
# ban-ki-moon - Thursday 10 July, 2014
# Conflict
# Conflict
Both State media and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the attack.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
# No Peace
# No Peace
Syrian officials branded the opposition as traitors and insisted Assad will not give up power.
# ban-ki-moon - Monday 20 January, 2014
# Peace Talks
# Peace Talks
A surprise UN invite to Iran had thrown the talks into doubt.
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 27 September, 2013
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected that sea levels will rise by between 26 and 82 centimetres by 2100,
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 24 September, 2013
# Progress
# Progress
World leaders are meeting in New York to talk about how some of the Millennium Development Goals have been met – but others are lagging behind.
# ban-ki-moon - Monday 16 September, 2013
# Syrian Crisis
# Syrian Crisis
Ban Ki-moon says UN invesigators have confirmed “unequivocally and objectively” that chemical weapons, including sarin, were used.
# ban-ki-moon - Saturday 3 August, 2013
# Zimbabwe
# Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party claims to have won 61 per cent of the vote, but longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he’ll appeal the result in the courts.
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 12 July, 2013
# UN
# UN
The Pakistani schoolgirl, who was shot in the head by Taliban last year, will address the United Nations of the importance of raising levels of education among girls across the world.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
# International Affairs
# International Affairs
A request for all foreigners to leave South Korea was largely dismissed today.
# ban-ki-moon - Friday 29 March, 2013
# Arms
# Arms
The draft proposals could be put to a vote in the General Assembly as soon as Tuesday, however.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
# TB
# TB
As Ireland notes record-low levels of TB, global experts have warned of an untreatable strain emerging in a number of other countries.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
World leaders have been sending their congratulations to the new pontiff.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# Hugo Chavez
# Hugo Chavez
Reaction from world leaders to the death of the Venezuelan president yesterday has been mixed.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
# Nuclear Test
# Nuclear Test
Eamon Gilmore adds his voice to a chorus of international opposition to North Korea’s nuclear explosive testing.
# North Korea
# North Korea
Claiming to have made a breakthrough with a ‘miniaturised’ device it would put the country a step closer to fitting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Syria
# Syria
The U.N. chief also appealed for a major boost in international relief aid for Syria.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The UN Secretary-General said that it was only fair that the developed world should bear most of the responsibility in fighting global warming.
# ban-ki-moon - Monday 3 December, 2012
# Middle East
# Middle East
Any construction would be an “almost-fatal” blow to the two-state solution, according to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
# ban-ki-moon - Sunday 25 November, 2012
# Gangnam Style
From The Daily Edge
# Gangnam Style
The South Korean smackdown of Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district surpasses Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ with 812 million views.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Conflict
# Conflict
Israel is pushing for a long-term solution to the crisis as attacks on both sides of the Gaza border continued overnight.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
# Conflict
# Conflict
The conflict is now entering its seventh day with over a hundred dead.
# ban-ki-moon - Monday 19 November, 2012
# ban-ki-moon - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# Syria
# Syria
The deputy head of the United Nations warned Thursday that there are no guarantees that a proposed Syrian cease-fire will hold.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Here are the things we loved, learned and shared today.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
# Syria
# Syria
The foreign ministry said it had twice implemented a ceasefire – but rebels had used it as an opportunity to ” expand their armed deployment”.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
# Retaliation
# Retaliation
NATO is to meet urgently to discuss the events of today, which include reports of a retaliation.
# ban-ki-moon - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
# Syria
# Syria
Witnesses said the blasts set off hours of sporadic gunbattles and a raging fire inside the heavily guarded compound.
# ban-ki-moon - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
# Syria
# Syria
A report published today also said that children are being “badly traumatised” after witnessing killing and torture.
# ban-ki-moon - Monday 27 August, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Syria
# Syria
Meanwhile, French president Hollande says he is ready to recognise a provisional Syrian government.
