If the party were to split along ideological lines, its more liberal, reform-minded members would be expected to form up behind an internationalist such as Mr Kato, a former general secretary of the party.
The Secretary-General attended a luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in honour of the participants of the Cairo conference on Libya.
Because of his injuries he was given a desk job during the war, for a period as secretary to a general.
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Mr Annan, a former UN secretary general who has acted as a diplomatic troubleshooter in several long-running conflicts, said he hoped to "help bring an end to the violence and human rights abuses, and promote a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis".
Labour peer Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, a former Secretary General of Nato, said membership created a "huge dilemma" for the SNP.
About 200 kings, princes, sultans, sheikhs and traditional leaders had been due to attend the meeting in Kampala on Tuesday to elect a secretary general for the eastern zone of the organisation, the paper says.
Aha, say the knowing, a fiendish device to weaken the influence of a southern secretary-general (Mr Annan is Ghanaian) by harnessing him to a western female deputy.
The peace initiative of Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, is really a product of Russia's making.
For the first time, however, an 80-strong group of economically liberal politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Hidenao Nakagawa, a former LDP secretary-general, is promoting a bold immigration policy.
Ban Ki-moon condemned the bombardment and called on Sudan to cease all hostilities immediately, a spokesman for the secretary-general said in a statement.
This has traditionally been a feeble body of pen-pushers under a mild-mannered secretary-general, usually a senior regional official rewarded with the post as the crowning boondoggle in a career of not rocking the boat.
The Director-General held a private meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the wake of his trip to Asia.
For the past few months, diplomacy has focused on a plan, overseen by Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, to negotiate an effective ceasefire under a team of monitors and to set up an interim unity government.
And unless Kenya makes progress soon in setting up a court to try those responsible for the horrific post-election violence in 2007, Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general who helped mediate an end to the violence, will hand a list of names to the ICC for prosecution.
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Mr. Eide previously served with the United Nations as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to undertake a comprehensive review of Kosovo in 2005 and as Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997-1998.
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Since September, the council has had a new secretary-general, Walter Schwimmer, an Austrian.
Lord Robertson, a former Nato secretary general, has called Germany "irresponsible" for wanting to remain under America's nuclear umbrella while exporting the obligation of maintaining it to other European states.
As a result, the Secretary-General has now decided to set up a Scientific Advisory Board, bringing together eminent specialists from natural sciences, social and human sciences, and engineering, representing diverse backgrounds and regions.
For, according to a statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations this weekend, in a world that can produce enough food to feed everyone, nearly a billion people will go hungry today.
After a meeting with the United Nations country team, the Secretary-General attended a dinner with the other principal members of the Quartet and had a bilateral meeting with Tony Blair, the Quartet Representative.
"Two years ahead of a general election campaign, the justice secretary is giving his desire to 'sound tough' a higher priority than giving taxpayers value for money or protecting public safety, " said the charity's chief executive, Frances Crook.
In a separate development, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was waiting for the Syrian government to allow a team of chemical weapons experts into the country for an expanded investigation following an attack on a village outside Aleppo in March.
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The present government of national unity was put together by Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, after the election.
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Mr Bamba's comments echo a recommendation by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Negotiations between representatives of the incumbent, Mwai Kibaki, and his aggrieved challenger, Raila Odinga, continued under the aegis of Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general.
If the Moderates win, the plan is to keep Barry Reamsbottom, the outgoing general secretary and a Moderate, in the job until 2004 and sideline Mr Serwotka.
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