United Nations

Second Committee Approves Text Reiterating General Assembly?s Deep Concern at Oil Slick Arising from Israel?s Destruction of Lebanese Storage Tanks

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 7 min. de leitura

Drafts on Sustainable Development, Operational Activities also Passed The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved three draft resolutions today, including a text by which the General Assembly would reiterate its deep concern over the destruction by the Israeli Air Force of oil storage tanks near Lebanon?s El-Jiyeh electric power plant due to the adverse implications […]

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Secretary-General Deplores Israel?s Settlement Expansion Decision

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • Menos de um minuto

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General deplores the Government of Israel?s decision today to expand Gilo settlement, built on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. The Secretary-General reiterates his position that settlements are illegal, and calls on Israel to respect its commitments […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Lord’s Resistance Army

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 1 min. de leitura

  The following press statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army was issued today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria): The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the continued and recently increasing attacks carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan, which […]

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Press Conference to Provide Update on Work of United Nations Mine Action Service

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 8 min. de leitura

The last two years had been remarkable for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) given its destruction of more than 41 million stockpiled anti-personnel mines and the termination of their production, transfer and sale in many parts of the world, Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of […]

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White House

The Big News from the Retail Sales Report

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 1 min. de leitura

The big news from the retail sales report was that sales rose again and even more than expected–1.4%, which was a full half point more than the consensus forecast. The core retail spending–the stuff that tends to give a steadier picture and not fluctuate around a lot–rose for the third straight month.  And if you […]

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Word from the White House: Talking Points: Reform Opponents' Pre-Determined "Study"

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 3 min. de leitura

It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports. Supporting article: "Health bill […]

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Full Video and Photos: The President's Town Hall in Shanghai

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  • 16 de novembro de 2009
  • 5 min. de leitura

Click here to see the video. It was around midnight in Washington, D.C., and early afternoon in Shanghai when the President began an historic town hall in China.  Taking tough and straightforward questions from Chinese students, and solicted from across China via the internet, the President discussed everything from Taiwan to the role of women in society to open […]

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Beijing Watch Party for President's Town Hall

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  • 15 de novembro de 2009
  • 1 min. de leitura

As President Obama spoke in Shanghai to four hundred-plus Chinese youth, many thousands more young (and not so young) people throughout China attended the event virtually in classrooms, coffee houses, living rooms, and at “watch parties” organized by the U.S. Embassy and Consulates.   Some events were hosted by Fulbright professors or Chinese exchange program alumni […]

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An American political tradition in the People’s Republic of China

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  • 15 de novembro de 2009
  • 1 min. de leitura

Ed. Note: The town hall begins in three and a half hours at 11:45pm EST.  Be sure to tune in at www.whitehouse.gov/live. The town hall meeting is at the core of grassroots American democracy.  It is a tradition that brings together members of a community — both leaders and ordinary citizens — to discuss and shape […]

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A Surprise at 30,000 Feet

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  • 15 de novembro de 2009
  • Menos de um minuto

As you’ve heard in some of our travel updates, there are a lot of things you can do on Air Force One. You can use computers, make phone calls, use the Internet. One thing you can’t do is avoid surprise birthday celebrations. Yesterday, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett and Deputy National Security Advisor […]

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