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Monday, October 9, 2006

Ban chosen to succeed Annan as U.N. chief

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NEW YORK -- The U.N. Security Council unanimously selected South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon to be the organization's eighth secretary-general yesterday, acting just hours after North Korea declared it had tested a nuclear weapon.

The 192 member-nations of the U.N. General Assembly are expected to affirm the choice later this week or early next week, giving the low-key South Korean foreign minister more than two months to prepare before beginning his five-year term.

"The Security Council has just recommended to the General Assembly that Ban Ki-moon [serve as secretary-general] from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2011," said Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, president of the 15-nation council during the month of October.

The selection of a new secretary-general, normally a momentous occasion, was overshadowed by Pyongyang's nuclear test claim, which prompted an emergency session of the council immediately after the vote.

In Seoul, Mr. Ban called the nuclear test an "act of provocation" and acknowledged mixed emotions on the day of his selection.

"This should be a moment of joy. But instead, I stand here with a very heavy heart" because of the North's nuclear test, he told reporters in Seoul yesterday.

Last week, he told the Chosun Ilbo, a leading Seoul daily, he wants to visit North Korea sometime during his term, something outgoing U.N. chief Kofi Annan had never been able to do in his ten-year tenure.

Several diplomats seemed pleased that a Korea policy veteran will lead the organization during an era of unprecedented threats to international peace and security.

"The fact that the candidate is the current foreign minister of [South Korea] is an asset in dealing with the situation on the Korean peninsula," Mr. Oshima said.

U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton, who has been pushing North Korea onto the council's agenda for months, described the selection of Mr. Ban as "quite an appropriate juxtaposition."

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