GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed Georgia and its breakaway regions with European representatives Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland.

BEIJING, July 2 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a meeting Wednesday with U.S. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said that China will support the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named a special representative to the recently created peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations is pleading for Israelis and Palestinians to stop firing on each other in Gaza.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The new United Nations special representative for Iraq has assumed leadership responsibilities in Baghdad.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Sudan has traveled to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to meet with officials.

JUBA, Sudan, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The United Nations will try to expedite peace negotiations in Sudan with an October target date, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Ban Ki-moon, the new U.N. secretary-general, has appointed an Indian diplomat as his chief of staff and a Haitian reporter to head communications.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Ban Ki-Moon was sworn in Thursday in New York as the next secretary-general of the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was approved by acclamation in the General Assembly to become the eighth U.N. secretary-general. Ban, 62, succeeds Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he steps down on Dec. 31 after serving two five-year terms.