The New Leader At The UN
Posted on December 15, 2006
As Kofi Annan bashes America in his farewell speeches, who is replacing him? His name is Ban Ki Moon, he is from South Korea and I know absolutely nothing about him. It shouldn’t be too difficult to be a better leader than corrupt Kofi, and I’m not gonna put a lot of hope in salvaging the useless and corrupt appeasing U.N. However, there seems to be a few signs that Ban Ki Moon could be a ray of light for the failing organization.
He started things out by distancing himself from Kofi Annan and with a mission to restore faith and trust in the United Nations. Now that will be a monumental task to achieve, but it is noteworthy that he recognizes the need for it.
Ban Ki-moon of South Korea was sworn in Thursday as the next secretary general of the United Nations, and he pledged to rebuild faith in an organization that has been tarnished by scandal and riven by disputes between rich and poor nations.
“You could say that I am a man on a mission, and my mission could be dubbed ‘Operation Restore Trust’: trust in the organization, and trust between member states and the Secretariat,†he said.He added, “I hope this mission is not ‘Mission: Impossible.’ â€Â
Also, as LGF noted, he spoke out against Iran’s holocaust denial and Ahmadinejad’s call to “wipe Israel off the map.”
Incoming United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran on Thursday it was unacceptable to deny that the Holocaust took place or to call for Israel to be wiped off the map.
Ban was responding to a question asked at a news conference about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who since coming to power in August last year has caused an outcry by terming the Holocaust a “myth†and calling Israel a “tumor†in the Middle East.
Ahmadinejad just ended a two-day international conference on the Holocaust that was dominated by speakers who questioned the extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis in World War Two.
“Denying historical facts especially on such an important subject as the Holocaust is just not acceptable,†Ban said.
“Nor is it acceptable to call for the elimination of states or people,†Ban said. “I would like to see this fundamental principle respected in both rhetoric and practice by all the members of the international community.â€Â
Another plus is that he isn’t too hip on his French, as the Captain notes:
He made one slip yesterday that might play well in the Anglosphere. When asked a question in French by a Canadian journalist, Moon had to request that the reporter translate the question into English as he had difficulty in understanding the language. The question, as it turns out, was about Moon’s understanding of the importance of keeping French as the second official language of the UN — a reference to the French insistence that any UN Secretary-General be fluent in their language.
Thats actually pretty funny and if it is a “slip”, it plays well with me.
Can this new leader transform the U.N. from the den of thugs and appeasers into a place for hope and freedom? We all hope so. I hope he understands what a huge undertaking something like that is. Will he change his tone when the kickbacks start to roll in? Will I eat my hopeful words? Is it all just empty rhetoric? Of course I hope not. I guess we will have to wait and see.
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We’ll be watching — and hoping — too. But not expecting too much. After all, it is the UN.
Andrea / Mark
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See you on the radio this afternoon. Looking forward to it!
One of his first acts is to put Kofi on international trial for his corruption.
I hope he fails because I believe the U.N. is a tool of socialistic oppression.