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Migration, Supported by Right Policies, Protections, Can Be Force for Good, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Migrants Day

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• 15 de dezembro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December: Migration affects all countries — and so do myths and misperceptions about its impact.  There are many false assumptions surrounding migration. One such myth is that migrants are a burden.  In reality, migrants make vast contributions to host […]

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Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters

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• 15 de dezembro de 2011
• 29 min. de leitura

  Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 14 December: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  It is a great pleasure to meet you.  And I look forward to seeing you later this evening during the annual UNCA [United Nations Correspondents Association] dinner. We are nearing the […]

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Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters

• por Notícias
• 15 de dezembro de 2011
• 29 min. de leitura

  Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 14 December: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  It is a great pleasure to meet you.  And I look forward to seeing you later this evening during the annual UNCA [United Nations Correspondents Association] dinner. We are nearing the […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Somalia

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation): On Tuesday, 13 December, the members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Somalia. The members of the Security Council welcomed the landmark 9 December visit of the Secretary General […]

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With Insurgents under Pressure in Somalia, Military Strategy Must Be Aligned with Political Objectives, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks to the Security Council meeting on Somalia in New York on 13 December: I am pleased to attend this meeting on Somalia and to have this opportunity to share with you my perspectives on the situation, based on recent developments and on my own visit to Somalia last […]

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Press Conference on 2011 World Health Organization Malaria Report

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

  Although malaria mortality rates had fallen significantly, a projected funding shortfall threatened that progress, leading experts in the fight against the disease said at Headquarters today. At a press conference to launch the 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report, Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, said the […]

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Press Conference by International Criminal Court?s New Prosecutor, President of Assembly of States Parties to Rome Statute

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 7 min. de leitura

  Tiina Intelmann, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, introduced the institution?s newly elected Prosecutor, Fatou B. Bensouda, at a Headquarters press conference today. The Assembly elected Ms. Bensouda earlier today at the start of its tenth session, which is scheduled to run through 21 […]

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General Assembly, Security Council Fill Remaining Vacancy on International Court of Justice by Concurrently Electing Fifth Judge

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  The General Assembly today elected Julia Sebutinde of Uganda to a much-contested seat on the International Court of Justice, ending a weeks-long stalemate between the Assembly and the Security Council.  Following a single ballot ? which brought to 12 the total number of voting rounds in the Assembly ? Ms. Sebutinde received in both […]

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Security Council, General Assembly Concurrently Elect Fifth Judge to Fill Remaining Vacancy on International Court of Justice

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  The Security Council, meeting concurrently with but independently of the General Assembly, today elected Julia Sebutinde of Uganda as the fifth Judge of the International Court of Justice.  (See Press Release GA/11194.) After having elected four judges on 10 November, the Council and the Assembly had two candidates before them:  Ms. Sebutinde, Presiding Judge […]

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Fifth Committee Takes Up 2012-2013 Financing for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia Tribunals; Proposed Budgets for New Missions in Libya, South Sudan

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• 13 de dezembro de 2011
• 29 min. de leitura

  The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today took stock of the financing requirements for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, as it heard Secretariat officials shed light on progress in completing the Tribunals? work and preparing their transfer to residual mechanisms. The resources needed for […]