United Nations

Solution to Challenges Facing Darfur Must Be Met Within National Context, Assistant Secretary-General Stresses While Briefing Security Council

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 10 min. de leitura

He Welcomes Resumed High-level Sudan-Chad Dialogue, Release of Mission Staff The challenges facing Darfur must be met within a national context at this critical time for Sudan, Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council today. ?The conflicts in Sudan, which have a primarily internal structure, cannot be solved in a piecemeal […]

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Economic and Social Council Adopts Provisional Agenda, Working Arrangements for Substantive Session Scheduled for 28 June-23 July

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 3 min. de leitura

  Also Sets 18-19 March for Meeting with Bretton Woods Institutions, Fills Four Vacancies on Committee for United Nations Population Award Holding its second organizational meeting this year, the Economic and Social Council today adopted five decisions, outlining its agenda and work programme for its 2010 substantive session, set to be held from 28 June to […]

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Press Conference on Situation in Haiti

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 7 min. de leitura

  Nearly one month after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Haiti and levelled most of its densely-packed capital, Port-au-Prince, the United Nations ‑‑ with much of the world body?s staff working out of tents and a few sleeping in their cars ‑‑ finally had a clear picture of the breadth of the devastation, and was racing […]

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White House

President Obama Responds to the Confirmation of 27 Nominees

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 1 min. de leitura

President Obama’s statement following action by the Senate to confirm twenty-seven nominees: Today, the United States Senate confirmed 27 of my high-level nominees, many of whom had been awaiting a vote for months.  At the beginning of the week, a staggering 63 nominees had been stalled in the Senate because one or more senators placed a hold […]

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The March of Dimes Ambassadors

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • Menos de um minuto

The President meets with the 2009 and 2010 March of Dimes Ambassadors in the Oval Office: President Barack Obama greets March Of Dimes ambassador families in the Oval Office Fonte: White House

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Helping Workers Save for a Secure Retirement

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 5 min. de leitura

The Middle Class Task Force recently announced a number of initiatives that are designed to strengthen the retirement system and help provide a more secure retirement to millions of American workers.  These initiatives are part of President Obama’s FY 2011 budget, and this Administration will be working hard with Congress to get these proposals passed […]

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Your Two Cents

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 1 min. de leitura

As part of the Open Government Directive, 25 different agencies have launched open government webpages and are using those sites to take your ideas for how they can be more open and transparent.  Launched on Feb 6th, these webpages are only one of the important milestones laid out in the Directive and the next deliverable, […]

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The White House, a Blizzard, and a Man on Skis

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  • 11 de fevereiro de 2010
  • Menos de um minuto

For your inner film student, some raw footage of the White House during yesterday’s blizzard: var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/uPfTvh8FdF4&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0”, “flashcontent”, “480”, “295”, “8”, null, {}, params); Viewing this video requires Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher. Download the free player. Fonte: White House

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A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement

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  • 10 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 1 min. de leitura

[Ed. Note: This event was moved to today due to tomorrow’s weather forecast] Today marks the beginning of the 2010 White House music series with “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” – a concert celebrating Black History month. At 3pm EST today, the White House will […]

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Making Moves for a Healthier Generation

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  • 10 de fevereiro de 2010
  • 2 min. de leitura

"It’s done, honey," President Obama said to The First Lady earlier today as he signed a Presidential Memorandum establishing a task force on childhood obesity to address the growing health epidemic. "Now we work," she responded.   The new task force is charged with developing an interagency action plan to solve the problem of obesity among our […]

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