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Micahyah
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(my comment: Hopefully this well help end this idea that the UN is going to be a powerful force in the near future with someone at its head like Solana or Clinton or Blair. And you see, this appointment got U.S. approval)
South Korea Foreign Minister Emerges as Frontrunner in U.N. Secretary-General Race
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217166,00.html
UNITED NATIONS - South Korea Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon cemented his position Monday as the front-runner to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, chalking up an important vote of confidence in an informal U.N. Security Council vote.
Ban was the only candidate out of six who did not receive a negative vote from the Security Counil's five permanent and 10 elected members.
The council has scheduled an Oct. 9 vote to formally choose its candidate to become the eighth secretary-general in the United Nations' 60-year history. The Security Council's selection must then go before the 192-nation General Assembly, which traditionally approves council recommendations without protest.
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said diplomats agreed to the date to candidates could decide to drop out if they want to.
"We're very pleased with the outcome here, very pleased," Bolton said.
South Korea Foreign Minister Emerges as Frontrunner in U.N. Secretary-General Race
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217166,00.html
UNITED NATIONS - South Korea Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon cemented his position Monday as the front-runner to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, chalking up an important vote of confidence in an informal U.N. Security Council vote.
Ban was the only candidate out of six who did not receive a negative vote from the Security Counil's five permanent and 10 elected members.
The council has scheduled an Oct. 9 vote to formally choose its candidate to become the eighth secretary-general in the United Nations' 60-year history. The Security Council's selection must then go before the 192-nation General Assembly, which traditionally approves council recommendations without protest.
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said diplomats agreed to the date to candidates could decide to drop out if they want to.
"We're very pleased with the outcome here, very pleased," Bolton said.
