Ban pledges to uphold U.N. ideals at oath-taking ceremony

Ban pledges to uphold U.N. ideals at oath-taking ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Ban Ki Moon of South Korea, the next U.N. secretary general, attends an oath-taking ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York on Dec. 14. Ban will take over from Kofi Annan when his term expires at the end of the year.

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