Keyword: ban ki-moon
The suspension of the unpopular president ushers in an uncertain period for the crucial U.S. ally in Asia.
In a major address during the UN General Assembly’s debate on maintaining international peace, the ASPI President argued that “the concept and the praxis of prevention” must be central to the UN’s efforts to uphold security.
With no end to the Syrian conflict in sight, the UN's Secretary-General called for the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, as part of a six-point plan to deal with the crisis.
"The immediate priority of the United Nations in Syria is to end the violence," the United Nations Secretary-General said Friday, June 20, 2014, at Asia Society in New York.
"Not since Henry Kissinger has the United States had such a powerful and prominent voice on the world stage," writes Asia Society Associate Fellow Thom Woodroofe of Hillary Clinton.
