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?Time to Get Back to Basics?, Fulfil Commitments of Governments to Development Financing, General Assembly Hears at Opening of Two-Day High-level Event

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• 7 de dezembro de 2011
• 1 horas de leitura

Deputy Secretary-General, Noting ?Fragile, Uneven? Recovery from Financial Crisis, Declares ?Aid is not Charity?, But Smart Investment in Global Economy Irrespective of the current global financial crisis, it was ?time to get back to basics?, the General Assembly heard today, as delegations reaffirmed the mutual responsibilities and obligations of their Governments to fulfil commitments on […]

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Security Council’s 1518 Committee Approves Deletion of One Entry from Its List of Individuals

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• 7 de dezembro de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

  On 6 December 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the deletion (de-listing) of one entry specified below from the list of individuals established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1483 (2003).  The sanctions measures set out in paragraph 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) therefore no longer apply […]

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Secretary-General Encourages Leaders to Be Ambitious at Climate Conference in Durban, Diligent in Their Commitment to Achieving Results

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

Following are UN Secretary-General?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change high-level ministerial dinner, in Durban, South Africa, 7 December:  I am delighted to join you this evening and to see so many familiar faces.  This is the fifth Conference of […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

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

  The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin ( Russian Federation): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the abhorrent terrorist attacks on 6 December in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif causing numerous death and injuries. The members of the Security Council expressed their deep sympathy […]

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Withdrawal of United States Forces in Iraq at Year?s End Will Give Iraqis Chance to Prove Themselves, But Entails Many Challenges, UN Envoy Tells Security Council

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• 6 de dezembro de 2011
• 11 min. de leitura

Special Representative Warns against Underestimating Task Ahead, Especially On Security Front; Seeks Extended Deadline for Resettling Camp Ashraf?s Residents The withdrawal of United States forces in Iraq by the end of the year would be an important milestone that entailed many challenges even as it provided all Iraqis the opportunity to prove to themselves that […]

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Second Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions by Consensus as Group of 77 ?Profoundly Regrets? Passage of ?Procedural? Middle-Income Countries Text

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• 6 de dezembro de 2011
• 9 min. de leitura

The General Assembly would stress the importance of continuing to consider the issue of development cooperation with middle-income countries, according to one of six draft resolutions that the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved by consensus today. However, Argentina?s representative expressed, on behalf of the ?Group of 77? developing countries and China, her profound regret […]

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Secretary-General Urges Governments to Take Long-term View on Renewable Energy, Spelling Out Priorities at ?Clean Industrial Revolution? Event in Durban

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• 6 de dezembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery at the event on ?Clean Industrial Revolution? in Durban on 6 December: I am pleased to see such a diverse group here today. One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the […]

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Secretary-General, Welcoming Resumption of Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue, Hails Adoption of ‘IBM Agreed Conclusions’ as ‘Encouraging’

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• 6 de dezembro de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the resumption of the European Union-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on 30 November 2011, and is encouraged by the adoption of the “IBM Agreed Conclusions” on 2 December 2011, which are expected to pave the way for the […]

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Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Deadly Attacks in Afghanistan

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• 6 de dezembro de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

The following statement was issued today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by today?s attacks in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of Afghan civilians who had gathered to mourn on the occasion of the Tenth of Muharam. The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms […]

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Economic and Social Council Fills Seats on Seven Subsidiary Bodies, Adopts Texts on Small Island Developing States, UN Research Institute for Social Development

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

Resuming its 2011 substantive session, the Economic and Social Council today adopted two draft texts, including one on small island developing States, and filled vacancies on seven subsidiary bodies, including the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). Seats were filled on the Commission […]