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If UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were a puppet of the West, particularly of the US, as he is often criticized to be, he would ‘have supported the International Criminal Court and the Responsibility to Protect while on the hustings for the UN’s top job, nor would he have pushed so hard on climate change issues for two years of the Bush/Cheney [...]

He is actually ‘tougher than his mild diplomatic manner may suggest.’ He ‘can do a great deal to foment that global opinion’ and does not hesitate doing so. According to a poll conducted by the WorldPublicOpinion.org, he is ‘the second most trusted global figure after Obama.’ He heads the United Nations, the international membership club [...]