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Feb 20, 2024
The Korea Times
Ban Ki-moon, right, former U.N. secretary-general, gifts his memoir "Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World" to an audience member during the world premiere of a documentary film on his life at the Allianz Forum in Berlin, Sunday (local time).
"The Quiet Diplomat," which follows the journey of Ban from his childhood during the 1950-53 Korean War and his meeting with former U.S. President John F. Kennedy as a teenager to his 10-year tenure as the first Korean to serve as U.N. secretary-general, was unveiled during the World Forum hosted by the Cinema for Peace Foundation.
U.S. President Joe Biden sent a congratulatory letter, describing Ban and Hillary Clinton's receiving of the Cinema for Peace Award as "a testament to (their) lifelong commitment to democracy and peace throughout the world." Yonhap
