Ban Ki-moon Current Affairs, GK & News
Ban Ki-moon newly elected Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
Ban Ki-moon, the former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, has been elected as the new Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA). He succeeded Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. The BFA is a non-profit organisation i.e. committed to promote regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries closer to their development goals. The 2018 BFA conference, often ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Awards • Ban Ki-moon • BFA • Bo'ao • Boao Forum for Asia • Foreign relations of China • Hainan • Orders of chivalry • Orders, decorations, and medals
Ban Ki-moon elected as Chairman of Boao Forum
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was elected as Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia replacing Japan’s Yasuo Fukuda. Former governor of People’s Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan was appointed vice-chairman. Both the appointments took place during second session of annual Boao Forum, known as “Asian Davos” underway in China’s Hainan province. Ban Ki-moon is ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Ban Ki-moon • Boao Forum • China • Persons in News • Zhou Xiaochuan
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed announced as new UN deputy Secretary General
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has confirmed Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General (DSG). He has also appointed Maria Viotti of Brazil (Chef de Cabinet) and Kyung-Wha Kang of the Republic of Korea as Special advisor on policy (new role to be created). Amina Mohammed is Nigeria’s Environment minister. She has been instrumental in ..
Topics: Amina J. Mohammed • António Guterres • Ban Ki-moon • BBC 100 Women • Chivalric orders • Kang Kyung-wha • Orders, decorations, and medals • United Nations • United Nations Secretariat
Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres has sworn in as the ninth UN Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon as the chief of the 71-year-old world body. Guterres was Portugal’s prime minister from 1995 to 2002 and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015. At a special plenary meeting of the General Assembly, the Oath of Office to Guterres ..
Topics: António Guterres • Ban Ki-moon • Chivalric orders • Guterres • Orders, decorations, and medals • Peter Thomson • United Nations • United Nations Secretariat
Russia honours UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award
Russia has honoured UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award. He was bestowed with this award for his special merits in strengthening peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding between peoples. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree awarding the Order of Friendship to Ban Ki-moon. About Ban Ki-moon Ban ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016
Topics: Awards • Ban Ki-moon • Persons in News • Russia