The Group of Elders include world leaders like -- Desmond Tutu, former UN Secretary Kofi Annan, Former US President Jimmy Carter, Li Zhaoxing, Mary Robinson, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, Graca Machel, Gro Harlem Brundtland et al.
UNSC condemns Ahmadinejad's anti-Israeli statement
The progress in relations with India in all fields should hinge on progress on the Kashmir issue, he said.
Expressing condolences to the families of those killed, he commended Indian government on its rapid "search and rescue" operations and establishment of relief camps.
US President George W Bush and West German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday agreed to "consider" supporting Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the post of the UN secretary general to succeed Kofi Annan.
Last week the reputation of Gupta, one of the most revered business and management icons for the Indian American community, came under a cloud after the Federal Security and Exchange Commission charged him with insider trading.
Ban has not taken any stand on the fairness or otherwise of the trial, the UN said.
Ghana's national soccer team won a $20,000 cash bonus per player on Tuesday and were hailed moral victors by former U.N. chief and countryman Kofi Annan after losing out on a World Cup semi-final place.
Five Indian peacekeepers have been honoured posthumously by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Managing director of Tata Steel B Muthuraman and vice chairman of Goldman Sachs group Suzanne Nora Johnson are among the 20 business labour and civil society leaders named by the UN to serve on Global Contact group.
The two captains have been selected to become spokesmen for 'Sport for Development and Peace' at the United Nations.
Volcker, former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, is quoted as having admitted in a Los Angeles Times interview that he had agreed to change the language of his controversial report
Before releasing the September report on Annan, Volcker met Annan and his lawyer to discuss the harsh conclusion.
Three years back they were rivals for the same job. Today, they were shaking hands in a meeting which, at least on surface, looked quite warm. United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki Moon shook hands with Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
Take more steps towards reform: Rice tells UN
The issue of veto came up for discussion during the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi, who is on a two-day visit to India, in New Delhi.
Addressing a press conference shortly after being sworn in as the eighth secretary general on Thursday, he also did not agree with his predecessor Kofi Annan's criticism of the US for its "go-it-alone" diplomacy at the cost of multilateralism.
Six Indian-American Malayalees and a US citizen will be honoured by an Indian-American organisation in US for their outstanding achievements in their fields of specialisation.
After travelling to many European nations, Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev is now set to fly to the United Nations to deliver a lecture on poverty alleviation.
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is set to be formally appointed the eighth UN secretary general at the world body's General Assembly meeting on Friday
In the first of several straw polls, members will be given three choices - encourage, discourage and no opinion.
This is a major blow to US efforts to involve the international community in rebuilding Iraq.
The move follows a devastating suicide bombing in Israel and a retaliatory air strike against Syria.
I have lived in Switzerland without feeling Swiss, I have lived in Singapore without feeling Singaporean, he told an Australian daily
Stressing that merely stockpiling antiviral medicines does not constitute a strategy, Annan said, currently, it is not known whether the present strain of avian flu will cause a human pandemic.
Striking a strident posture, the US defence secretary said disarmament is not an issue between Iraq and the United Nations, but between Iraq and the US.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The open-air requiem mass is expected to begin at 1330 IST.
"I am still examining certain options and I am not yet ready to go public with any of them, but I am looking forward to new professional challenges," he said, and declared, "To live is to embrace change. That's my approach to all of this."
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