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Secretary-General, Concerned by Upsurge in Tensions in Senegal Ahead of Election, Urges All Parties to Use Peaceful Means to Resolve Electoral Grievances

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• 1 de fevereiro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the upsurge of tensions in Senegal ahead of the presidential election scheduled for 26 February 2012. The Secretary-General urges all political parties and national stakeholders to refrain from violence in the pursuit of their objectives […]

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Committee on NGOs Recommends Special Consultative Status for 35 Civil Society Organizations, 2 for General Status, Postpones Action on 43 Applicants

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• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• 32 min. de leitura

  The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today continued its careful scrutiny of applicants seeking consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, adding 37 new organizations to the more than 3,500 NGOs admitted since the Committee?s launch in 1946, while postponing consideration of 43 new applications pending responses to questions posed by […]

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Security Council Members Diverge over Path towards Implementation of Draft Resolution Backing Arab League Proposal on Resolving Crisis in Syria

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• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• 39 min. de leitura

  Ministerial-level Representatives Hear Briefing by Senior Regional Officials High-level officials from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and other Member States converged on the Security Council today to press for the adoption of a draft resolution that would support a plan by the League of Arab States to stem the bloodshed in Syria, […]

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Secretary-General Praises Jordan?s Great Contributions in Diplomacy, Peacekeeping at Amman Dinner Hosted by Foreign Minister

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• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at a dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister of Jordan, in Amman, 31 January: It is a great honour for me, my delegation and my wife to be honoured by this great occasion where I am sitting together with such a distinguished leadership who are running this […]

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Secretary-General, Concerned by Upsurge in Tensions in Senegal Ahead of Election, Urges All Parties to Use Peaceful Means to Resolve Electoral Grievances

• por Notícias
• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the upsurge of tensions in Senegal ahead of the presidential election scheduled for 26 February 2012. The Secretary-General urges all political parties and national stakeholders to refrain from violence in the pursuit of their objectives […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Impact of Libyan Crisis to Sahel Region

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• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Security Council President Baso Sangqu (South Africa): The members of the Security Council were briefed on 26 January 2012 by Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe on the report of the assessment mission on the impact of the Libyan crisis to the Sahel region deployed by the […]

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Press Conference by Security Council President for January

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• 31 de janeiro de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  South Africa had achieved its objective of focusing the Security Council’s attention this month on a number of important and pressing Africa-related issues, Council President and South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Baso Sangqu, said during a Headquarters news conference this afternoon. “We are satisfied with the progress we have made during […]

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Committee on NGOs Opens 2012 Session by Recommending 47 Organizations for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

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• 30 de janeiro de 2012
• 26 min. de leitura

  Speakers Note Civil Society?s Rapidly Growing Interest in Working Closely With United Nations, Say Streamlined Work Methods Needed to Meet Heavy Workload Opening its regular session for 2012, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, which is responsible for vetting applications seeking consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, today recommended special consultative status for […]

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Secretary-General Appoints Rodney Bent Director of United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.

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• 30 de janeiro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rodney Bent Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.  He assumed his new duties on 26 January. Mr. Bent has 33 years of experience in the public and private sectors, serving most recently as a Senior Adviser to the United States Deputy Secretary of State, whom […]

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Commission for Social Development to Focus on Poverty Eradication, Full Employment, Social Inclusion in Fiftieth Session, at Headquarters 1-10 February

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• 30 de janeiro de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  Poverty eradication, full and productive employment and socially inclusive policies will take centre stage at the fiftieth session of the Commission for Social Development when it meets at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 to 10 February. With preparations under way for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (? Rio+20?) in June […]