Ban Ki-moon

Guterres succeeded Ban Ki-moon in January 2017, just weeks before US President Donald Trump took office

At least 250,000 Russian police officers and their families are expected to visit Turkey starting from August, after Moscow removed a ban that had prevented members of the Russian security forces from travelling to some countries.

Every year, MIPIM brings together the most influential players from all sectors of the international property industry for a four-day event of networking, learning and insightful discussion through various conferences and exhibitions. MIPIM 2019 is expected to be attended by over 26,000 participants and more than 5,400 investors.

Vucic announced this during a press conference in Belgrade on Monday morning, saying that he did not have much time, among other things, because of the said meeting with Macron.

The meeting is not even included in the schedule of the French president published on the official website of the presidential palace.

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in on Dec. 12 as the ninth United Nations Secretary-General, pledging to personally help broker peace in various conflicts and reform the 71-year old world body to become more effective. 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged leaders of divided Cyprus to return to the negotiating table and clinch a deal on reuniting the island, saying "they must not let this historic opportunity slip".

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly unanimously appointed former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres on Oct. 13 as the ninth secretary-general of the world body for five years beginning Jan. 1, 2017. 

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Oct. 10 asked once again the Security Council to formally request that the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin investigations of war crimes in Syria.
Such a request was blocked in 2014 by Russia and China, which have veto powers, but Ban said the council should try again.

Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a "massive response" from the international community, the United Nations chief said Oct. 10, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid following last week's battering by Hurricane Matthew.

The landmark Paris agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, after a coalition of the world's largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it past a key threshold on Oct. 5.