Ban Ki-moon begins 2nd term as UN Chief

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SME Times News Bureau | 02 Jan, 2012
With the start of New Year 2012, the second consecutive term for the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has also come into effect.

Ban Ki-moon, who commences his second term Sunday, said that he hoped the new year would continue the move towards democracy that protesters had started during the so-called Arab Spring in 2011.

The five year term for UN General Secretary will run through 2016. Moon, in his second term as Chief of the United Nations, wants to help people who rose up in the Arab Spring attain and sustain freedom and democracy.

During his first five years at the U.N.’s helm, Ban has won plaudits for helping to raise climate change close to the top of the global agenda, for creating a new agency, UN Women, to focus on the fight for gender equality, and for keeping a spotlight on nuclear disarmament and nuclear security.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who starts his second term on New Year’s Day said he wants to help ensure and sustain the moves towards democracy that protesters sought in the Arab Spring.