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, listens to questions from a reporter at his first news conference at the United Nations headquarters 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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