A Conversation with Ban Ki-moon
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon discusses the challenges and responsibilities facing the international community today.
Speaker: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
Presider: Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN; Anchor, Amanpour, CNN International; Global Affairs Anchor, ABC News
February 11, 2013
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon discusses the challenges and responsibilities facing the international community today.
This meeting is a Sorensen Distinguished Lecture on the United Nations, which was established in 1996 by Gillian and Theodore C. Sorensen to highlight the United Nations and offer a special occasion for its most distinguished and experienced leaders to speak to the Council on Foreign Relations membership.
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United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon discusses the challenges and responsibilities facing the international community today.
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon discusses the challenges and responsibilities facing the international community today.
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