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U.N. chief, wife report $1.2M in assets (AP)
Filed: January 26th 2007: World

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech at a conference to raise funds for Lebanon, Thursday Jan. 25, 2007 in Paris. International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid and loans at a conference Thursday to raise money for Lebanon's U.S.-backed prime minister and his economic reform program for the war-scarred country. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, pool)AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and his wife have assets of at least $1.2 million, he revealed Friday in a financial statement disclosed in an effort to promote “ethical behavior” at the United Nations.

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