GERMANY: U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei among those at Berlin conference on international security

Record ID: 560428

  • Title: GERMANY: U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei among those at Berlin conference on international security
  • Date: 16th July 2008
  • Summary: (W4) BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 15, 2008) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BERTELSMANN PUBLISHING GROUP OFFICES WHERE 'GLOBAL INSECURITY' CONFERENCE IS BEING HOSTED, MOTORCADE OUTSIDE GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER AND INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) DIRECTOR-GENERAL MOHAMED ELBARADEI ARRIVING CHAIRMAN OF GERMAN GREEN PARTY REINHARD BUETIKOFER (GREEN TIE) RECEIVING GLASS OF WATER ELBARADEI, BERTELSMANN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GUNTER THIELEN, STEINMEIER AND 'MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE' CHAIRMAN WOLFGANG ISCHINGER POSING FOR CAMERAS ELBARADEI STANDING WITH THIELEN, PAN TO STEINMEIER AND ISCHINGER TALKING TO EACH OTHER EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JAVIER SOLANA AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON ARRIVING BAN BEING GREETED BY THIELEN, THEN STEINMEIER; THIELEN GREETING SOLANA; SOLANA GREETING STEINMEIER ELBARADEI IN DISCUSSION SOLANA, BAN, THIELEN AND STEINMEIER POSING FOR CAMERAS PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES BAN AND STEINMEIER SHAKING HANDS AND LAUGHING GUESTS STANDING AROUND TABLES FORMER U.N. REFUGEES HIGH COMMISSIONER AND CURRENT PRESIDENT OF 'JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY', SADAKO OGATA, STANDING IN CROWD, THEN STEPPING FORWARD STEINMEIER WALKING TO PODIUM STEINMEIER ADDRESSING AUDIENCE BAN AND THIELEN LISTENING AUDIENCE LISTENING BAN WALKING TO PODIUM OGATA SMILING WIDE OF BAN SPEAKING, TELLING AUDIENCE HE WAS GIVEN 19 PAGES TO READ AS PEOPLE ARE HEARD LAUGHING FORMER GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER OTTO SCHILY LISTENING BAN SPEAKING, PAN ACROSS AUDIENCE ELBARADEI IN AUDIENCE
  • Embargoed: 31st July 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8ORFI9H0RNSTJIWP5UH02GGAF
  • Story Text: United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei were among the global leaders attending a two-day conference in Berlin on international security on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15 and 16).
    The meeting is being hosted by the Bertelsmann publishing group in its Berlin office.
    The conference motto is 'Responsible Sovereignty: International Co-operation for a Changed World'.
    European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana and Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier were also at the conference.
    Other participants include the chairman of the annual Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger; former World Bank president John Wolfensohn; and former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata.
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