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Initial Steps Taken in Implementing Doha Document for Peace in Darfur Provide ?Reason for Optimism?, Top Peacekeeping Official Tells Security Council

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• 11 de janeiro de 2012
• 10 min. de leitura

Hervé Ladsous Urges Strong Support for Parties, Particularly with Implementing Provisions Aimed at ?Tangible Improvements to the Lives of Darfuris? Initial steps taken by parties to the most recent peace accord for Sudan?s Darfur region ? the so-called Doha Document ? provided ?reason for optimism? and should be supported by the Security Council, the top […]

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On Anniversary of Haiti?s Earthquake, Secretary-General Honours Memory of Dead, Reiterates UN Commitment to Helping Put Country on Path to Prosperous Future

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• 11 de janeiro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: On the occasion of the second anniversary of the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Secretary-General would like to honour the memory of the more than 200,000 people who perished in the tremor, including 102 United Nations personnel. The Secretary-General pays […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Somalia

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• 11 de janeiro de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  On Wednesday, 11 January, the Security Council received a briefing from Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, on the situation in Somalia, including a briefing on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The members of the Security Council reiterated […]

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Secretary-General, at Group of 77 Chairmanship Handover Ceremony, Hails Bloc?s Role in Helping Transform Development Commitments into Concrete Action

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the Group of 77 chairmanship handover ceremony in New York on 11 January: Happy New Year to you all! I am pleased to join you as we mark the handover of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China.  I commend the Argentine Republic, and […]

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Press Conference on ?Group of 77? Chairmanship Handover, Situation in Algeria

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• 11 de janeiro de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

  The voices of more than 80 per cent of the world?s population ? represented at the United Nations by the ?Group of 77? developing countries and China ? would be heard loudly in 2012, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said today at a Headquarters press conference after his country took over the bloc?s chairmanship. […]

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Now Time for International Community to Make Vital Investment in Somalia to Nurture Fragile Peace Process, Political Affairs Head Tells Security Council

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• 11 de janeiro de 2012
• 41 min. de leitura

  Also Hears from African Union?s Peace and Security Commissioner, Ministers from South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Azerbaijan on Next Steps at Time of ?Real Opportunity? As the Security Council met this afternoon to consider the situation in Somalia, it was told that it was now time for the international community to make a vital investment […]

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Work of Economic and Social Council ?Vital? to Achieving Global Solidarity for Era of ?Austerity and Uncertainty?, Says Secretary-General, Opening 2012 Session

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• 10 de janeiro de 2012
• 18 min. de leitura

Milo? Koterec of Slovakia Elected President for New Session; Says Sustainable Development, Post-2015 Development Architecture Critical Themes for Year Ahead As the United Nations embarked on an important year of milestone events, Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon said today that the work of the Economic and Social Council ? the central forum for discussing and coordinating action on […]

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New Permanent Representative of Austria Presents Credentials

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

  (Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.) The new Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, Martin Sajdik, presented his credentials on 4 January to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Until his appointment, Mr. Sajdik served as Austria?s Ambassador to China, Mongolia and the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea from 2007. From 2003 […]

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New Permanent Representative of Belarus Presents Credentials

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• 10 de janeiro de 2012
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  (Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.) The new Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations, Andrei Dapkiunas, presented his credentials on 4 January to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Dapkiunas previously served as Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations from 2004 to 2011, during which time he also served […]

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Secretary-General ?Deeply Saddened? by Death of Guinea-Bissau President

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• 9 de janeiro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

The following statement was issued on 9 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the passing of President Malam Bacai Sanha today in Paris.  The Secretary-General presents his condolences to the family of the late President and the people of Guinea-Bissau.  He pays tribute to President Sanha?s […]