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Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General candidacy; photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : In February 2006, Ban declared his candidacy to replace Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General at the end of 2006. It is the first time a South Korean has run in the election for Secretary-General. Ban topped each of the four straw polls conducted by the UN Security Council on 24 July, 14 September, 28 September and 2 October. In the 2 October informal poll, Ban received fourteen favorable votes and one "no opinion" from the fifteen Security Council member body, the Japanese delegation only not in full agreement. More importantly, Ban was the only one to escape a veto, while each of the five other candidates received at least one "no" vote from the five permanent members of the council � China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. After the vote, Shashi Tharoor, who finished second, withdrew his candidacy and China's Permanent Representative to the UN told reporters that "it is quite clear from todays straw poll that Minister Ban Ki-moon is the candidate that the Security Council will recommend to the General Assembly." On 9 October, the Security Council formally chose Ban as its nominee. His appointment will take effect after the 192 member General Assembly gives final approval. Ban Ki-moon (IPA pronunciation: [pɑn gi mun]), born 13 June 1944) has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) since January 2004. He received his Bachelor�s degree in International relations from Seoul National University in 1970 and earned a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1985. He has been recommended as Secretary-General of the United Nations by the United Nations Security Council and is almost certain to succeed Kofi Annan on 1 January 2007. Ban is married and has a son and two daughters. He identifies himself as a non-denominational Christian. Ban is fluent in English and French. Ban's first overseas posting was to New Delhi, India. After working in the United Nations Division at headquarters, he served as First Secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of South Korea to the UN in New York City. He subsequently assumed the post of Director of the United Nations Division. He has been posted twice to the ROK Embassy in Washington D.C. Between these two assignments he served as Director-General for American Affairs in 1990-1992. He was promoted to the position of Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations in 1995. He was then appointed National Security Advisor to the President in 1996, and assumed the office of Vice Minister in 2000. His most recent post was as Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Roh Moo-hyun. While serving as Ambassador to Austria, Ban was elected as Chairman of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom) in 1999. During the ROK�s Presidency of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (GA) in 2001, he worked as Chef de Cabinet of the President of the GA. Ban has been actively involved in issues relating to inter-Korean relations. In 1992, he served as Vice Chairman of the South-North Joint Nuclear Control Commission, following the adoption by South and North Korea of the Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In September 2005, as Foreign Minister, he played a leading role in the diplomatic efforts to adopt the Joint Statement on resolving the North Korean nuclear issue at the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks held in Beijing, China.

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