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12Dec/16

Portugal’s Guterres sworn in as next U.N. secretary-general

December 12, 2016WorldAmina J. Mohammed, Amina Mohammed, Antonio Guterres, Ban, Ban Ki-moon, China, General Assembly, Guterres, José Luís Guterres, Nigeria, Orders of chivalry, Orders, decorations, and medals, Portugal, Russia, Secretary General, Secretary-General of the United Nations, South Korea, United Nations, United Nations Secretariatsmbale

Antonio Guterres of Portugal is sworn in as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, pledging U.N. reform when he takes over the position on January 1, 2017.

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25Aug/16

wreckage of the DC6B plane carrying Dag Hammarskjold in a forest near Ndola, Zambia

U.N. chief wants review of any new details on crash that killed Hammarskjold

August 25, 2016PoliticsAwards, Ban, Ban Ki, Ban Ki-moon, Belgium, Dag, Dag Hammarskjöld, Democratic Republic of Congo, Disaster/Accident, Hammarskjold, Nobel laureates, Orders, decorations, and medals, Secretary-General of the United Nations, South Africa, Swedish nobility, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Secretariat, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwesmbale

UNITED NATIONS Aug 24 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Wednesday that the world body appoint an eminent person to review any new information uncovered about a 1961 plane crash that killed then U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjold.
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