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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 14: Former South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon takes his oath of office from General Assembly President Sheika Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, to become the eighth United Nations Secretary-General December 14, 2006 at United Nations heaquarters in New York City. Ban, a 62-year-old career diplomat, was elected as successor to Kofi Annan and will officially take over on January 1, 2007. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)