UN Reform Watches, June 20, 2006, No. 15 [1]
Interview
South Korea ’s Candidate Talks about his Plans for the United Nations [2]
by CURE
By Ayca Ariyoruk
Ban Ki Moon, South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has publicly declared his candidacy to the post of Secretary General on February 2006. During an interview with Center Research fellow Ayca Aryoruk, he explains his desire to pay back the United Nations for military and economic assistance to Korea during and after the Korean war. His agenda includes bringing forward the Iran and North Korea nuclear dialogue, stopping the genocide in Darfur and ensuring implementation of the management reforms at the U.N.