South Korea's Ban nominated as next UN leader

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (Reuters) South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was formally nominated by the UN Security Council today as the world body's next United Nations secretary-general, Japan announced.

The 192-member UN General Assembly is expected to endorse Ban later this month as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations since 1946 to replace Kofi Annan of Ghana, who ends 10 years in office on December 31.

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