On his first overseas visit as the new UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon indirectly welcomed an initiative within the bloc to push for a global moratorium on the death penalty - in line with Europe's ban.
"There is some growing tendency to see some phase-out of the death penalty and I encourage that trend," Mr Ban told journalists after a meeting with the college of 27 commissioners in Brussels on Wednesday (24 January).
"Life is very precious and every human being has a right to l...
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