The former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has been proposed as the new chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ethics commission, the IOC said Wednesday.
The South Korean Ban, 73, will replace current ethics chair Youssoupha Ndiaye, who is standing down, if he is approved at the IOC session in Lima in September.
"The IOC is honoured and pleased that Mr Ban accepted for his name to be put forward," IOC president Thomas Bach said. "On the one hand, Mr Ban has an exemplary record of public service with integrity, accountability and transparency. On the other hand, he is a great friend of the Olympic movement."
The diplomat Ban was the eighth head of the UN from January 2007 to December 2016.
"I am deeply honoured to be nominated as the chair of the IOC's ethics commission and accept the position with a sense of humility and responsibility," Ban said.
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"The United Nations and the International Olympic Committee have had a close working relationship over many years with both organisations contributing to building a peaceful and better world."
