[RED DEMOCRATICA] Secretary-General Ban to deliver Sochi address

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban urges Ukrainian government to ease tensions Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 3, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Secretary-General Ban to deliver Sochi address United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be the first UN head to address an International Olympic Committee general assembly when he delivers a keynote address in Sochi, Russia, before the opening of the Winter Olympics. The IOC general assembly meeting runs from Feb. 5 to 7. 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