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Ban Ki-moon (L) and Jose Manuel Barroso brief press

Ban Ki-moon kicks off first foreign trip as UN chief with talks with European leaders

24 January 2007
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today began his first overseas trip since becoming the world’s top diplomat, meeting in Brussels with European Union (EU) leaders on global issues ranging from the Balkans and the crises in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, Somalia and Côte d’Ivoire, to climate change and human rights.
Asha-Rose Migiro

Tanzanian Foreign Minister named new UN Deputy Secretary-General

5 January 2007
Tanzanian Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro today became the third person – and second woman – in history appointed United Nations Deputy Secretary-General when she accepted the post offered to her by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Michele Montas

Ban Ki-moon's new spokesperson pledges access to information

2 January 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's new spokesperson, Michele Montas, today pledged to bring her experience as a hard-hitting journalist in Haiti to the assignment by providing access to information that is not otherwise readily available.