But U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the targets are too far in the future and that more needs to be done sooner.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

But Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that the evidence is "quite clear" that humans are the main cause of temperatures rising faster than expected.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is relieved that the military operations in northern Sri Lanka have ended.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

This is despite the fact that KI's sales having fallen 5% a year for the last two.

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Just before the IWC meeting, when the issue first leaped into the media spotlight, the South Korean government indicated that the factory might not go ahead - but Barng Ki Hiok indicated that it will.

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So the President will speak at that event after Ban Ki-Moon and Chairman Jalil -- the President will be the first head of state to speak, and then there will be additional heads of state and delegation who will speak.

WHITEHOUSE: Aboard Air Force One, En Route New York, New York