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Budget Committee Hears Introduction of Reports on Organization?s Efforts to Implement International Public Sector Accounting Standards

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• 10 de novembro de 2011
• 18 min. de leitura

The Organization?s ongoing efforts to shift to international accounting standards has been set back by delays in the implementation of its enterprise resources planning system, known as Umoja, Secretariat officials told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today. Colleen Kelapile, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), told the Committee that […]

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Current Discussion on Measures against International Terrorism Ends in Legal Committee; Form of Possible Convention Remains Issue

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• 9 de novembro de 2011
• 9 min. de leitura

  Draft Texts Approved; Committee Working Methods, Procedures Come under Review The Sixth Committee (Legal) today ended its current discussion on the report of the Working Group on “measures to eliminate international terrorism”, and took action on five draft resolutions on different topics.  Delegates reviewed procedural methods for the Committee’s work and criteria for consideration […]

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Sharper Appreciation of Mediation?s Potential as Promising, Cost-Effective Tool for Conflict Prevention, Peace Accords, Implementation, Says Secretary-General

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• 9 de novembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the General Assembly informal event on United Nations mediation, 9 November, in New York: Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this informal meeting.  I also thank the President of the General Assembly for making the role of mediation […]

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Secretary-General, in Remarks to Security Council, Restates Five ‘Core Challenges’ Still Relevant for Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

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• 9 de novembro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Security Council during its open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in New York, 9 November: I thank Portugal for convening today’s debate on the protection of civilians.  I very much welcome the presence here today of His […]

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Secretary-General Hails Conference of High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol on Conventional Weapons as Chance for Better Civilian Protection

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• 9 de novembro de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, delivered By Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 9 November: I am pleased to send greetings to this Thirteenth Annual […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo

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• 8 de novembro de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Filipe Moraes Cabral ( Portugal): The members of the Security Council were briefed by Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, […]

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Secretary-General Describes ‘Global Pulse’ Initiative as Quick Way to Check Needs of Vulnerable Groups, Enabling Faster, Better Response

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• 8 de novembro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a General Assembly briefing on the “Global Pulse” initiative, in New York, 8 November: Thank you for joining me for a discussion on the Global Pulse initiative.  I hope that by the end of this briefing, you will have a better sense of […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in France, 2-4 November

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• 8 de novembro de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in France from Libya in the evening of Wednesday, 2 November. At the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Cannes, on 3 and 4 November, the Secretary-General urged the G-20 leaders to deliver united leadership to address the urgent problems of the world economy, and welcomed the efforts at […]

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Press Conference Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator on Her Recent Visit to Central America

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• 8 de novembro de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

Despite damage to thousands of homes and the closure of hundreds of schools, roads and health facilities amid a rising incidence of water-borne diseases, news of the severe flooding suffered by countries in Central America had not made international headlines, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg said at Headquarters today. For hundreds of thousands of […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Libya, 2 November

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• 7 de novembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tripoli early in the afternoon of Wednesday, 2 November, after flying overnight from New York via Frankfurt, together with the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser. The Secretary-General first met with the Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil and then […]