UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for a “direct dialogue” between India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions between the two nuclear-armed South Asians neighbours.

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean statesman and politician who is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ban was named the world’s 32nd most powerful person by the Forbes list of The World’s Most Powerful People in 2013, the highest among South Koreans

The UN Chief had expressed regret over the calling-off of the planned meeting on August 23-24 between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan, and had hoped that leaders of the two countries will use “all opportunities” to resume talks at an early date.

National Security Adviser

• The National Security Adviser (NSA) is the chief executive of the National Security Council (NSC), and the primary adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national and international security.
• It is the National Security Adviser to whom intelligence agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau report, rather than directly to the prime minister.
• The National Security Council (reporting name: NSC) is a federal institutional and consultative body chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan as its chairman.
• The NSC is a principal forum that is mandated for considering national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national security advisers and Cabinet ministers

Expected Questions

1.Name the eighth secretary general of UN.

-Ban ki- moon

2.Name the Secretary-General of the United Nations for public information from India.

-Shashi Tharoor

3.Name the first National Security Adviser of India.

-Brajesh Mishra

4.Name the deputy National Security Adviser.

-Dr Arvind Gupta