Tipperary defends peace prize for Ban Ki-moon

I refer to a letter from John-Paul O’Driscoll, (Irish Examiner, February 28). He said the selection of UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon for the Tipperary International Peace Prize was misplaced.

Tipperary Peace Convention rejects that view and confirms the selection of Mr. Ban Ki-moon as 2014 recipient of the prize.

Ban Ki-moon has spoken out early, frequently and strongly on all of the major crises of the past several years, from Syria to Ukraine, from the Middle East to the Korean peninsula, from violent extremism to violence against women.