Sentence examples for while secretary general from inspiring English sources

But plans for the court are stalled while Secretary General Kofi Annan struggles to get enough money from United Nations members to set it up.

His rival Shwe Mann had been replaced as chairman by vice-chairman Htay Oo – seen as close to the president – party sources told Reuters, while secretary general Maung Maung Thein told the news wire that he had been told that his services were no longer required.

While Secretary General Trygve Lie wanted the organization in New York, the city had no good location to offer, and in 1946 the United Nations announced that it would relocate to Philadelphia if New York could not find a suitable location.

While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of the alliance was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," a saying that has since become a common way to quickly describe the alliance.

Regarding the news article "U.N. chief asks Uzbek for progress on freedoms," (IHT, April 6): While Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call on the Uzbekistan government to fulfill its human rights commitments is welcome, shouldn't his priority be, like that of his predecessor, to put his own house in order?

Its first president, confirmed several times subsequently, was Houphouët-Boigny, while secretary-general became d'Arboussier.

Ban Ki-moon promoted a global Green New Deal while secretary-general of the United Nations.

While Secretary-General Kofi Annan finds his Iraq diplomacy more effective when backed by a credible threat of force, he has won only Hussein's false promises.

Many are scattered in office buildings around town while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and top executives are migrating to a three-story $140 million new building on the north lawn of the complex.

The US state department urged Egypt's leaders to put a stop to the clashes, while UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon called for demonstrators to be protected.

Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, today called on Mr Putin to pull back his troops, warning "we are on the brink of disaster", while Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Moscow to calm the "dangerous" situation.