[imText1]Oct 14th, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ban Ki Moon was officially elected as the next U.N. Secretary-General.
However, there are other reasons why Minister Ban Ki Moon is welcoming the new role of Secretary-General. We were able to see the reasons in his speech just before his election as Secretary-General was made definite.
Through interviews and the press, Ban Ki Moon the next U.N. Secretary-General welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution and distinctively clarified that if North Korea did not abide by the U.N. Security Council’s resolution, further strong measures could be made. He is also aware how different the role of a U.N. Secretary-General is compared to the role of S. Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
After the eighth U.N. Secretary-General election on the 14th, Ban Ki Moon said in his delivery “I will try my best to ensure that dignity of the people living in the poorest countries are protected and that threats on the world’s security and local protection is resolved with peace.” By far, this has been the most delightful news.
Rather than being a person from Korea, he is now a person for the world. Moreover, he is the representative for the citizens of the world. Hence, it is appropriate that he takes the lead to resolve the issue of North Korea human rights and the nuclear issue urgently.
At present, where in the world is violation of human rights most severe? It is undeniably North Korea.
Currently, the international community is focusing on the issue of the Kim Jong Il regime’s nuclear threat. No longer is the issue of North Korea human rights and the Kim Jong Il regime’s nuclear armaments, our (Korea’s) problem.
Nor is the North Korean issue a problem dealt only by the Korean Peninsula or North East Asia. It is a problem faced by the world and the world’s citizens. The urging project confronted by the next Secretary-General who faces securing world peace and human rights, is the issue of North Korea human rights and the Kim Jong Il regime’s nuke armaments.
On completion of his current role, Ban Ki Moon will commence his new role as the next Secretary-General in January 2007. As a representative of the world’s citizens, we anticipate that he will be able to improve the world’s most severe country of human rights, North Korea and peacefully persuade the Kim Jong Il regime to surrender its nukes.
We hope that as a citizen of the world, he will be able to freely spread his dreams and strengths to break away from the mistaken Comprehensive Policy.
