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NEW YORK — Having stood by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s side for 51 years, Ban Soon-Taek took the leading role at Friday’s first annual March on March 8 event.

Before shepherding 200-plus supporters on the half-mile walk that led to a rally at Dag Hammarskjold Park, the mother of three welcomed dignitaries and such VIPs as Susan Sarandon and Christy Turlington Burns at a private reception in the U.N.

headquarters. Muna Rihani Al-Nasser, chairwoman of U.N. Women for Peace, said the Madame Secretary General would not consider skipping the walk portion of the event. “When I saw the snow, I told her, ‘You can’t walk’ and she said, ‘No, I must.’”

Soon-Taek was equally forceful outdoors, telling the crowd, “My husband is committed to leading the United Nations to end violence against women.

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