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BFA Riyadh Conference Opening Ceremony - Saudi Arabia

Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia and former UN secretary-general, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of BFA Riyadh Conference 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 27, 2025. BFA Riyadh Conference 2025 was held on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, highlighting regional economic diversification and sustainable development. Photo by Wang Haizhou/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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80th Anniversary of UN FAO - Rome

Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations arrives the event commemorating World Food Day and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)'s 80th anniversary in Rome, Italy, on Oct, 16, 2025. Photo by Li Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-OPENING CEREMONY

(240726) -- PARIS, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Antonio Guterres (R), secretary-general of the United Nations, and Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations, shake hands prior to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place du Trocadero in Paris, France on July 26, 2024. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearer former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearer former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearers former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearers United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and fformer United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearers United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and fformer United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearer former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearer former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearers United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and fformer United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearers United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and fformer United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PARIS 2024 - Olympic Torch flame bearers during the last day

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Olympic Torch flame bearer former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pictured at Village Olympique in Saint Denis, Seine Saint Denis France on July 26 2024 as part of the Olympic torch relay in France, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Paris 2024/Cedric Bufkens/SIPA PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - VIP At Opening Ceremony

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Trocadero in Paris, France on July 26, 2024. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLYMPIC GAMES-TORCH RELAY

(240726) -- PARIS, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Matthieu Garel, Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission, Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization and Filippo Grandi, Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees pose before the Olympic Village Torch Relay in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Leah Millis/POOL/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Olympic Village Torch Relay

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (front, L) and former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon (front, R) take part in the Olympic Village torch relay in the Olympic Village in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Pool/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Olympic Village Torch Relay

Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus take part in the Olympic Village Torch Relay in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. Photo by Leah Millis/Pool/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLYMPIC GAMES-TORCH RELAY

(240726) -- PARIS, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (front, L) and former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon (front, R) take part in the Olympic Village torch relay in the Olympic Village in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Jia Haocheng/POOL/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLYMPIC GAMES-TORCH RELAY

(240726) -- PARIS, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus take part in the Olympic Village Torch Relay in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Leah Millis/POOL/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-BAN KI-MOON-MEETING (CN)

(240712) -- BEIJING, July 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations secretary-general and chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, who is in China for the Second High-Level Conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development, in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhai Jianlan)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-CHILDREN-ARMED CONFLICT

(240626) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) briefs a Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 26, 2024. The UN Security Council on Wednesday heard a personal testimony from a former child soldier, shedding light on the brutal reality of war in conflict zones like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ban Ki-moon: China shows balanced rural and urban development

STORY: Ban Ki-moon: China shows balanced rural and urban development SHOOTING TIME: June 1, 2024 DATELINE: June 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Global Urban and Rural Development Forum of Boao Forum for Asia 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Chairman of BFA STORYLINE: The Global Urban and Rural Development Forum of Boao Forum for Asia opened Friday in Chengdu, China's Sichuan Province. During the forum, Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), said that China has shown good examples of balanced urban and rural development. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Chairman of BFA "This morning, the leaders have discussed how we can harmonize and balance the lives and development fitting rural and major cities. We heard a lot of positive and constructive ideas from many board members and delegations, including those of Chinese experts. Every facility is concentrated in bigger cities. Then what about all these people in rural cities

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Boao Forum for Asia Riyadh Conference held in Saudi Arabia

STORY: Boao Forum for Asia Riyadh Conference held in Saudi Arabia SHOOTING TIME: May 6, 2024 DATELINE: May 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Riyadh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the Boao Forum for Asia Riyadh Conference STORYLINE: The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Riyadh Conference was held in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Monday, with a focus on energy transition for sustainable development. The one-day conference brought together over 180 dignitaries, scholars, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from Saudi Arabia, China, and other countries to discuss topics related to energy transition and carbon reduction. Participants included Ban Ki-moon, former UN secretary-general and now BFA chairman, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, and Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, a board member of the BFA and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), which is the co-organizer of the conference. STANDUP (English): WANG HAIZHOU, Xi

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SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-RIYADH CONFERENCE

(240506) -- RIYADH, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ban Ki-moon, former UN secretary-general and now the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) chairman, speaks at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Riyadh Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 6, 2024. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Riyadh Conference kicked off here on Monday, with a focus on energy transition for sustainable development. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-ANNUAL CONFERENCE-OPENING CEREMONY (CN)

(240328) -- BOAO, March 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) and former United Nations secretary-general, addresses the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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Informal settlement community leaders meet former UN chief during climate summit

STORY: Informal settlement community leaders meet former UN chief during climate summit DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of local communities 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general STORYLINE: Community leaders from one of the largest informal settlements in Nairobi met with an international delegation Monday during the Africa Climate Summit, which is being held from Monday to Wednesday in the Kenyan capital. The delegation includes Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations secretary-general. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general "I think there is a very serious issue, a fundamental issue, you have been hit by the climate crisis. The climate crisis has affected all the places, but mostly it is people like yourselves that are hit hardest. Climate phenomena may be a global crisis but the impact is felt locally by people like yourselves. Therefore United Nations during my time and even now during

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Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit

STORY: Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Africa Climate Summit 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general STORYLINE: The Africa Climate Summit opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday. Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon attended the three-day summit, calling for increased funding. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general "Climate issues cannot be handled by only one country or one organization, including the United Nations. All should put their hands together. That is why all African leaders are coming to Nairobi to make sure that the necessary actions are being made to help people overcome this climate crisis. We have no time to lose. We have only one planet Earth. At least I am urging that climate support for adaptation activities, the current level of support should be increased by tenfold, ten t

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-BAN KI-MOON-MEETING (CN)

(230710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations secretary-general, and now chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-HAINAN-LI QIANG-BFA-MEETING (CN)

(230330) -- BOAO, March 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), as well as some members of the BFA board of directors, and representatives of the BFA council of advisors as well as strategic partners, in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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World leaders attending Boao forum call for cooperation to meet challenges

STORY: World leaders attending Boao forum call for cooperation to meet challenges DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:17 LOCATION: BOAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of venue of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 2 various of the opening ceremony 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BAN KI-MOON, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spain's Prime Minister 5 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DATUK SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM, Malaysia's Prime Minister 6 SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LEE HSIEN LOONG, Singapore's Prime Minister 7 SOUNDBITE 6 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 8 various of venue of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 STORYLINE: The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 was held on Thursday in China's island province of Hainan. World leaders attending the ceremony called for cooperation and renewed action to meet global challenges and highlighted Chi

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-ANNUAL CONFERENCE-OPENING (CN)

(230330) -- BOAO, March 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) and former United Nations secretary-general, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Dec. 16, 2013.

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 4, 2012. Ban said he is closely monitoring the situation in North Korea following the ascent of Kim Jong Un in the wake of his father's death, expressing his readiness to travel to the country to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

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U.N. chief urges N. Korea to listen to calls on human rights

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon attends a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Dec. 17, 2014. Ban urged North Korea to respond to international calls for the protection of human rights ahead of an expected meeting of the Security Council to discuss the country's human rights situation the following week.

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Empire State Building to be lit in orange for U.N. campaign for women

NEW YORK, United States - American Actress Teri Hatcher (L) and Ban Ki Moon (3rd from L), secretary general of the United Nations, light a model of the Empire State Building in orange as part of a U.N.-led campaign to fight violence against women, at the building in New York on Nov. 24, 2014, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women the following day.

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Drag singer Wurst, U.N. chief Ban stand on stage

VIENNA, Austria - Conchita Wurst, a bearded Austrian drag singer fighting for sexual diversity and tolerance, and Ban Ki Moon, secretary general of the United Nations, share a stage at a U.N. facility in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 3, 2014.

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IPCC announces synthesis report on climate change

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) speaks at a news conference in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on Nov. 2, 2014, as the U.N.-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announces a synthesis report on the status of climate change after a week of intense debate between scientists and government officials.

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Pakistan's Malala, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows Malala Yousafzai (R), a Pakistani teenager and education activist, shaking hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York. On Oct. 10, 2014, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Indian children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi.

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U.N. chief Ban talks with N. Korean Foreign Minister Ri

NEW YORK, United States - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27, 2014, prior to their talks.

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PM Abe meets with U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014, where he called for Ban's support in reforming the U.N. Security Council. Japan is pressing with fellow Group of Four countries Brazil, India and Germany for permanent membership of the council in the future. (Pool photo)

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a speech at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014.

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DiCaprio appointed U.N. climate change representative

NEW YORK, United State - Actor Leonardo Dicaprio (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon shake hands during a ceremony at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2014. The Hollywood star was named United Nations Messenger of Peace on Climate Change.

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U.N. chief rings Japan bell to mark int'l day of peace

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon rings the Japanese Peace Bell at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 19, 2014, at an event ahead of the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21.

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U.N. chief Ban

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon holds a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2014.

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Yousafzai at United Nations

NEW YORK, United States - Education and women's rights activist Malala Yousafzai (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) attend an event at U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 18, 2014, to mark 500 Days of Action for achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

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Yousafzai at United Nations

NEW YORK, United States - Education and women's rights activist Malala Yousafzai (R front) listens to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 18, 2014.

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U.N. chief appoints de Mistura as special envoy to Syria

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meets with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on July 10, 2014. He called for a diplomatic solution to growing tensions between Israel and Gaza.

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U.N. marks start of WWI a century later

NEW YORK, United States - (From L) French Ambassador to the United Nations Gerard Araud, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and German Ambassador to the United Nations Harald Braun listen to a classical music performance during an event to mark 100 years since the start of World War I at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 8, 2014.

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U.N. chief 'adopts' lion cub in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) on June 28, 2014, holds a photo of a lion cub he adopted at Nairobi National Park in Kenya to support efforts against wildlife trafficking.

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IOC head Bach, U.N. chief Ban meet press in Lausanne

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet the press in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 17, 2014.