South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon has been nominated by the UN Security Council as the successor to Secretary General Kofi Annan.
The General Assembly is now expected to endorse the choice in a vote likely to take place later this week.
Mr Annan is due to step down on 31 December after heading the UN for two five-year terms.
Monday, October 09, 2006
S Korean proposed as new UN chief
Ban Ki-moon could be the first Asian UN chief since 1971, BBC reported today:
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