UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon comments on North Korea, Sudan and Iraq
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560150
UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon comments on North Korea, Sudan and Iraq
- Title: UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon comments on North Korea, Sudan and Iraq
- Date: 17th July 2007
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- Story Text: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the news North Korea has shut down their nuclear rector in Yongbyon.
At a media briefing on Monday (July 16) he encouraged North Korea to continue the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula "as soon as possible".
Moon also pledged to push for speedy deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur, saying "the political situation on the ground is too fragile, the humanitarian crisis too dire to waste more precious time."
With the help of the African Union and others, Moon says that Darfur needs to be prepared for peacekeepers immediately. He noted that the Security Council is considering a resolution on a hybrid UN-African Union force for Darfur. The draft resolution would require countries to determine their contributions within 90 days, which Ban says he believes is fast by UN standards.
Asked about the allegations that Indian peacekeepers in Congo traded food and even military intelligence with Rwandan Hutu rebels in return for gold, Ban said he is "very much concerned," but noted that an underlying problem with such cases is that "the United Nations and the Secretary General does not have any real administrative power to take on those perpetrators, on those who committed wrongly. It is up to the countries who sent those troops."
Ban also announced that on July 26th he will be travelling to San Francisco, California the birth place of the United Nations and will meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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