Ban begins 1st day as U.N. secretary general

NEW YORK, United States - New U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon begins his first working day Jan. 2, a day after officially taking over from Kofi Annan, by reiterating his commitment to making the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions a high priority item.

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