Conversation so far:
What did Ban Ki-moon do during his term as secretary general?
At Ban Ki-moon's first encounter with the press as Secretary-General, he refused to condemn the death penalty imposed on Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi High Tribunal.

Question: Why did he do that?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Ban Ki-moon refuse to condemn the death penalty imposed on Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi High Tribunal?