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June 22, 2011

Ban Ki-moon Elected to 2nd Term as U.N. Secretary-General 
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been approved for a
second five-year term. Ban thanked the General Assembly after a
unanimous vote in his favor.

Ban Ki-moon: "With your decision this afternoon, with warm words, you do
to me a very great honor beyond expression. Standing in this place,
mindful of the immense legacy of my predecessors, I'm humbled by your
trust and enlarged by our sense of common purpose."

A handful of Latin American and Caribbean countries reportedly delayed
Ban's endorsement amid complaints he has neglected their region and
sided too closely with the U.S. government.



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