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Jamia
Millia Islamia to confer honorary degree to UN chief
Wednesday April 25, 2012 08:12:46 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Jamia
Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt)
degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
"The University will hold a special convocation Friday at 11 a.m.
to confer the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on Ban
Ki-moon, the eighth and current secretary general to United
Nations," said a university statement Wednesday.
Ban Ki-moon who has been a career diplomat, in 2011 ran unopposed
for a second term as secretary general and was unanimously
re-elected to the post by the General Assembly.
He will continue to serve in his current position till December
2016, the statement said.
Lieutenant general (Retired) M.A. Zaki, chancellor, JMI, will
confer the degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, while
Najeeb Jung, vice chancellor, JMI, will present him with a
citation.
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