반기문 유엔 사무총장, 이번주중 전격 방북 UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea = 연합뉴스, 2015-11-16 08:13 반기문 유엔 사무총장이 이번 주에 북한 평양을 방문할 것으로 열려졌습니다. 유엔의 고위 소식통은 현지시간으로 15일 반 총장에 유엔 사무총장 자격으로는 처음으로 북한을 공식 방문한다고 밝혔는데요. 반 총장이 평양 땅을 밟는 것은 이번주중이 될 것으로 알려졌습니다. 반 총장은 지난 5월 개성공단을 방문할 예정이라고 기자회견에서 밝혀 기대를 모았는데요. 임기 중 방북 성사에 무척이나 공을 들였습니다. 하지만, 북한이 반 총장의 방북 허가를 돌연 철회해 자연스레 무산된 바 있습니다. 당시 반 총장은 "북측이 갑작스러운 철회 이유에 아무런 설명이 없었다"며 "대단히 유감스럽다"고 밝힌 바 있는데요. 반 총장은 북한을 방문해 한반도 평화와 번영의 중요성을 환기시키겠다는 뜻을 여러 차례 밝혀왔습니다. 지난 5월 방북이 무산된 뒤에도 "유엔 사무총장으로서 북측이 한반도와 평화 안정을 위해 국제 사회와 협력해 나가도록 촉구하는 어떤 노력도 아끼지 않겠다"고 말했습니다. 자세한 소식 들어오는데로 전해드리겠습니다. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/local/0899000000.html?cid=MYH20151116002600038&from=search UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea =Yonhap UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pictured on November 15, 2015, will be the first head of the world body to visit North Korea in more than 20 years (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose) Seoul (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to visit North Korea, the first head of the world body to set foot in the isolated state for more than 20 years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday. Citing an unidentified high-level UN source, Yonhap said Ban would visit Pyongyang in his official capacity as secretary general later this week, though no precise dates were given. The UN spokesman's office in New York declined to comment on the report. The high-level UN source told Yonhap that Ban was almost certain to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has yet to receive a single head of state since taking over power following the death of his father Kim Jong-Il in 2011. "There can't be such a situation where the UN secretary-general visits North Korea and does not meet with the supreme leader of the UN member state," the source said. Ban had been scheduled to visit North Korea in May this year, but Pyongyang withdrew its invitation at the last minute. Although no official explanation was given, that cancellation was seen as a response to comments Ban made in Seoul warning the North against raising tensions on the divided peninsula. Two UN secretary generals have visited North Korea in the past -- Kurt Waldheim in 1979 and, in 1993, Boutros Boutros-Ghali who met with then-leader Kim Il-Sung to discuss tensions over its nuclear ambitions. It will not be Ban's first visit to the North. He crossed the border to visit the joint industrial zone of Kaesong with a delegation of foreign diplomats in 2006 when he was South Korea's foreign minister. http://news.yahoo.com/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-visit-north-korea-004213207.html #유엔 #반기문 사무총장 #북한 #방북 #UN chief #BanKimoon #NorthKorea #Pyongyang #평양 #Kaesong #계성 #NewYork #뉴욕 #Yonhap #연합뉴스

반기문 유엔 사무총장, 이번주중 전격 방북 UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea 
= 연합뉴스, 2015-11-16 08:13
반기문 유엔 사무총장이 이번 주에 북한 평양을 방문할 것으로 열려졌습니다.
유엔의 고위 소식통은 현지시간으로 15일 반 총장에 유엔 사무총장 자격으로는 처음으로 북한을 공식 방문한다고 밝혔는데요. 반 총장이 평양 땅을 밟는 것은 이번주중이 될 것으로 알려졌습니다.
반 총장은 지난 5월 개성공단을 방문할 예정이라고 기자회견에서 밝혀 기대를 모았는데요. 임기 중 방북 성사에 무척이나 공을 들였습니다. 하지만, 북한이 반 총장의 방북 허가를 돌연 철회해 자연스레 무산된 바 있습니다. 당시 반 총장은 "북측이 갑작스러운 철회 이유에 아무런 설명이 없었다"며 "대단히 유감스럽다"고 밝힌 바 있는데요.

반 총장은 북한을 방문해 한반도 평화와 번영의 중요성을 환기시키겠다는 뜻을 여러 차례 밝혀왔습니다. 지난 5월 방북이 무산된 뒤에도 "유엔 사무총장으로서 북측이 한반도와 평화 안정을 위해 국제 사회와 협력해 나가도록 촉구하는 어떤 노력도 아끼지 않겠다"고 말했습니다. 자세한 소식 들어오는데로 전해드리겠습니다.
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/local/0899000000.html?cid=MYH20151116002600038&from=search

UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pictured on November 15, 2015, will be the first head of the world body to visit North Korea in more than 20 years (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)
Seoul (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to visit North Korea, the first head of the world body to set foot in the isolated state for more than 20 years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday.
Citing an unidentified high-level UN source, Yonhap said Ban would visit Pyongyang in his official capacity as secretary general later this week, though no precise dates were given.
The UN spokesman's office in New York declined to comment on the report.
The high-level UN source told Yonhap that Ban was almost certain to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has yet to receive a single head of state since taking over power following the death of his father Kim Jong-Il in 2011.
"There can't be such a situation where the UN secretary-general visits North Korea and does not meet with the supreme leader of the UN member state," the source said.
Ban had been scheduled to visit North Korea in May this year, but Pyongyang withdrew its invitation at the last minute.

Although no official explanation was given, that cancellation was seen as a response to comments Ban made in Seoul warning the North against raising tensions on the divided peninsula.
Two UN secretary generals have visited North Korea in the past -- Kurt Waldheim in 1979 and, in 1993, Boutros Boutros-Ghali who met with then-leader Kim Il-Sung to discuss tensions over its nuclear ambitions.

It will not be Ban's first visit to the North. He crossed the border to visit the joint industrial zone of Kaesong with a delegation of foreign diplomats in 2006 when he was South Korea's foreign minister.
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