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U.N. CHIEF BAN CALLS FOR S. KOREA TO PLAY WIDER ROLE OVERSEAS.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 1 Asia Pulse - Ban Ki-moon, who is set to begin his first day in office as the U.N. Secretary-General on Jan. 2 here, called for his home country South Korea to play a larger role in the international society.
The 62-year-old former foreign minister also renewed his resolution as the U.N.'s eighth secretary-general in his brief Korean-language New Year message for his countrymen.
"From now on, South Korea should play a role and make a contribution for the international society, including the U.N., to match the level of its economy as one of the world's top 10," Ban said.
"As a Korean secretary-general, I would like to make my utmost efforts to realize 'Korea in the world, the world in Korea," Ban said, as he again thanked the Korean people for their support in his bid to ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, U.N. CHIEF BAN CALLS FOR S. KOREA TO PLAY WIDER ROLE OVERSEAS.