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    June 16, 2011

Security Council to Recommend UN Chief for 2nd Term

   VOA News
   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, June 14, 2011
   Photo: Reuters
   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, June 14, 2011

   The United Nations Security Council is expected to recommend the
   reappointment of Ban Ki-moon for a second term as U.N. chief.
   Ban faces no other candidates. His bid has the backing of the United
   States and other key members of the U.N. Security Council, and he
   appears almost certain to be re-elected.
   The Security Council is expected to endorse his bid this week. The U.N.
   General Assembly will then vote to confirm him on June 21.
   U.S. President Barack Obama has welcomed Ban's candidacy. The White
   House said last week that the U.N. secretary-general has made important
   reforms and led the world body as it played a critical role in crises
   and challenges around the world - including in Haiti, Ivory Coast,
   Libya and South Sudan.
   Ban formally announced his candidacy for a second five-year term last
   week.
   The 66-year-old former South Korean foreign minister said he sent a
   letter to the 192 U.N. member states to "humbly" offer himself for
   re-election. Ban has been secretary-general since January 1, 2007, and
   his term ends on December 31.

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