Wednesday, June 22, 2011
AFP
The United Nations has re-elected Ban Ki-moon for a second term as leader of the global body as it continues to confront conflict and crises across strategic regions.
The 67-year-old former South Korean foreign minister was elected by acclamation by the UN General Assembly. His second five-year term will start on January 1 and run through 2016.
A beaming Mr Ban bowed to ambassadors and diplomats gathered at the UN headquarters after the result was announced.
"No-one understands the burdens of this role better than he and my government is grateful that he has taken them on," said US ambassador Susan Rice, one of a host of envoys from around the world who praised Mr Ban in speeches after the election.
"Secretary-general Ban has been a champion for peace and security," Ms Rice added, calling the post "one of the toughest jobs in the world".
South Korea's foreign minister, Kim Sung-Hwan, told the assembly it was probably "the most impossible job on Earth" but that Mr Ban's home country was now in "great joy".
Outspoken in faulting the leaders of Arab countries facing protests, but criticised himself by some human rights groups, Mr Ban had been certain to win re-election for several months.
He declared his candidacy two weeks ago and was given formal backing by the UN Security Council on Friday. With no challenger to force a contest, the General Assembly meeting was only going to be an official celebration.
Mr Ban has said climate change, a topic the United Nations struggled with during his first five years, is his top challenge. He has called the battle against global warming "the most important priority" for mankind.
The UN chief has also vowed to keep speaking up for the protesters taking on long-ruling leaders in the Arab world.
Just before the election, Mr Ban again urged Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, to carry out credible reforms "without delay", after the Syrian leader offered a national dialogue to end months of anti-regime protests.
His aggressive line on Libya and Syria has not always pleased China and Russia.
But Mr Ban has done nothing in his first five years to tempt the Security Council's permanent five - China, Russia, the United States, France and Britain - to use their veto to stop his second term.
His insistence on "quiet diplomacy", however, has got him into trouble, first with Myanmar and more recently with China.
Rights groups were particularly critical when he failed to raise the case of detained Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in a meeting with China's president Hu Jintao in November.
Mr Ban's entourage has indicated he will be tougher in his second term, but he has also acknowledged his critics.
"I know that I am not the perfect person. You know, everybody has some strength and weakness," he said in announcing his candidacy this month.
"I am also a man with some weaknesses but these weaknesses can be complemented by your wisdom, by your support and by the support of my senior advisers."
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អាម្សៀរ បាញ់ កឹមមន ធ្វើជា UN Secretary
ពិភពលោករកយុត្តិធម៏ មិនឃើញទេ
អាម្សៀរ នេះ
Ah Soy Mouy ka Hearng si ark si ark nas!
Pi pak lai hear! ( Two palm handful)
The last five years,what did Ban
Ki Moon accomplish in the world
wide?Will the 196 UN members vote
for him the next term?
will the world have peace and justice?If the UN members pick him
again,what can Cambodia do?
i hope first lady bun rany will run for prime ministership of cambodia. i'll vote for her. she's a very smart, clever, intelligent, educated and well-spoken khmer lady. cambodia need more ladies and gentlemen like first lady bun rany hun sen of cambodia. god bless her and her family and cambodia.
i listen to her speak and giving speech in khmer, she is very intelligent, smart and articulate and well-spoken in khmer language. i like our people who do not shy about khmer in fluent khmer language everywhere they go in the world. she is a very well educated khmer lady. and she loves cambodia and all the things khmer. she is a true khmer heroine along with her husband and her good family who did a lot for cambodia and our khmer people all over the country, you know! i love and admire her very much, you know!
We can thank Our Bun Runy for keeping Ban Ki Moon from waning out of sight by re-electing him for a second term?
Sunny Side Up
Go fuck yourself 9:14. Who;s planed Piset Pelika killed. Bun Rany used to be beaten by Hun Sen daily..before hun sen become PM. The bitch still so much gold and money from Khmer country to hidden in Vietnam. who;s sold all the wood from Cambodia.
លោក បាន គីមូន បានកាន់ដៃមេបីសាច គ្វៀង
ទីទើរ ដូចជាត្រជាក់ស្រួល មែនទេ..លោក! ប៉ុន្តែ
សូមលោកកុំភ្លេចខ្លួនឱយសោះលោក ពីព្រោះវាជា
បីសាចកាច់កហុតឈាមពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ។
i hope Madame Mu Sochua will run for prime ministership of cambodia. i'll vote for her. she's a very smart, clever, intelligent, educated and well-spoken khmer lady. cambodia need more ladies like Mu Sochua of cambodia, unlike piggy bun ranny who was a former khmer rouge with no education what so ever."som ko roup ung projoum"
Sa mak mitm, mit pou, pouk meh, bong paon torng osh del mearn vat ta mearn nov ti nis.beur khos chha korng yang nah som tik tearn pi mouk oy jom jom, kom veay pro hah pi kroy khnorng. god bless Mu Sochua and her family and cambodia.
i listen to her speak and giving speech in khmer, she is very intelligent, smart and articulate and well-spoken in khmer language. I like our people who do not shy about khmer in fluent khmer language everywhere they go in the world. she is a very well educated khmer lady. and she loves cambodia and all the things khmer. she is a true khmer heroine along with her husband and her good family who did a lot for cambodia and our khmer people all over the country, you know! i love and admire her very much, you know!really!
Why does KI Media give Bun Rany such promotion?
Kuoy Pichet
Cause!
Your bro., Long Pichet
If Bun Ranny get any fatter, her slit eyes will shut completely and her round head looks just like a huge water melon.
the same thing will happen when she smiles, that's why she seldom smile.
this pig bunn rany is a sex trafficker and also a killer.
if you respect this pig you are worthless like trash.
ចំតិត ប៊ុនរ៉ានី
ឈាមខ្មែរបីលាននាក់ជាង ត្រូវបាន បាញ់ កឹមមោក
យកជើងជាន់ មិនអើរពើរ គិតប្រយោជន៏ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន
Did these two ever sleep together? They share the same skin color. Unlike Hun San who is so dark while his wife is so white.
i'll vote for her in prime ministership. i like what she's done to help cambodia, really!
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