United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon talks about China, its key role at the UN and it future role on the world stage with U.S. journalist and university professor Tom Plate.

The smoke of gunpowder is receding from the Gaza Strip. But people’s concern over the conflicts triggered by the ‘Pillar of Defense’ operation

When the People's Republic of China joined the United Nations 41 years ago, it looked at the peacekeeping operations with great suspicion. However, China has now become the largest provider of peacekeepers to Africa among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Unless the international community comes up with an extensive consensus, political dialogue and transition will stall in Syria while sanguinary conflicts there will surely get even wilder and fiercer. An effective solution of the Syrian crisis will be a test of the courage of the conflicting parties. It will also be a test of the competence of the UN Security Council to safeguard world peace.

When U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both vice presidential hopefuls, recently declared their opposition to the UN Convention on t