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For
Immediate Release Office of
the Press Secretary January 2, 2009
In
Focus: Global Diplomacy
The President and Mrs. Bush to Host Lunch for
the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek.
The
President and Mrs. Bush will host United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek
for lunch at the White House on January 6, 2009.
This meeting will be an opportunity for the President
to thank Secretary-General Ban for his leadership
of the United Nations and his cooperation on key
issues over the past two years. They will discuss
the future of the United Nations and the challenges
that remain, such as U.N. reform, the Middle East,
Burma, Somalia, and peacekeeping in Darfur. The
President will stress the need for a United Nations
that can act effectively to promote freedom, democratic
governance, human rights, and a world free from
terror.
Source: The White House
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