Conversations with Ban Ki-Moon : what the United Nations is really like: the view from the top / Tom Plate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plate, Tom.

Series:

Giants of Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pan, Ki-mun, 1944---Interviews.

Pan, Ki-mun.

aUnited Nations--Secretary General--Interviews.

aUnited Nations.

Statesmen--Korea (South)--Interviews.

Statesmen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Only eight people have been privileged to hold the job of Secretary General since the United Nations' founding in 1945. And only one of them has ever told the inside story of the UN while still holding that special office. That man is Ban Ki-moon, the veteran diplomat and former star foreign minister of South Korea now in his second term as "SG". Because he understands that the UN is in crisis - and because he fears the reasons for this are not widely understood - he believes it is time to unveil the truth about the organization and explain why its failure would be a catastrophe. The result,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Our World Today Using Two Very Different Perspectives; Weekend Plans; The Korean Connection; Asian Workaholic; The Mandela Marker; Women and Ban; The Bosses of All Bosses; Parting Dreams; A Utopian Goodbye; A Note on the Conversations; Works Consultedand Recommended; THANKING THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS BOOK POSSIBLE; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781283891356

1283891352

9789814408837

9814408832

OCLC:

817897944