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Sustainable Production, Consumption Practices Key to Combating Environmental Degradation, Inequality, Say Round Table Participants

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• 5 de setembro de 2011
• 10 min. de leitura

  (Received from a UN Information Officer.) BONN, 3 September ? Stressing that consumption habits had to change if people really wanted to address the growing environmental crisis, civil society representatives called on all sectors of society to use more responsible and sustainable consumption and production practices, as the sixty-fourth annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental […]

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We Must Harness Volunteer Spirit in Service of Planet, Secretary-General Says as Sixty-fourth Annual DPI/NGO Conference Opens in Bonn

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• 5 de setembro de 2011
• 14 min. de leitura

  Says Torch Bearers of Conference, Greatest Allies of United Nations, Should Take What They Learned, Raise Awareness Back Home about What Is at Stake (Received from a UN Information Officer.) BONN, 3 September ? ?We are exhausting the capacity of our planet to guarantee our sustainable future,? Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a video […]

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Legal Prohibition Only Way to Realize World Free of Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Says during Observance of International Day

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• 5 de setembro de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

  Make Test-Ban Treaty Fully Effective, Urges General Assembly President Stressing that the voluntary moratoriums of nuclear-weapon States were no substitute for a legal prohibition, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today urged Governments that had not yet done so to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and bolster other efforts to create a world free […]

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Legal Prohibition Only Way to Realize World Free of Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Says during Observance of International Day

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• 4 de setembro de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

  Make Test-Ban Treaty Fully Effective, Urges General Assembly President Stressing that the voluntary moratoriums of nuclear-weapon States were no substitute for a legal prohibition, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today urged Governments that had not yet done so to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and bolster other efforts to create a world free […]

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Press Conference by Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

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• 4 de setembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  While it was expected that States would continue to oppose the testing of nuclear weapons during the upcoming high-level meeting on the issue, it was more important to ensure the necessary ratifications to allow the entry into force of the international instrument banning tests, an official of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said […]

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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for September

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• 3 de setembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

While remaining seized of ongoing situations of concern in Libya, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan and elsewhere, the Security Council planned to focus on preventive diplomacy when world leaders arrived for the opening of the upcoming General Assembly session, Nawaf Salam ( Lebanon), Council President for September, said at Headquarters today. President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon […]

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Press Conference by Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

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• 3 de setembro de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  While it was expected that States would continue to oppose the testing of nuclear weapons during the upcoming high-level meeting on the issue, it was more important to ensure the necessary ratifications to allow the entry into force of the international instrument banning tests, an official of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said […]

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Legal Prohibition Only Way to Realize World Free of Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Says during Observance of International Day

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• 3 de setembro de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

  Make Test-Ban Treaty Fully Effective, Urges General Assembly President Stressing that the voluntary moratoriums of nuclear-weapon States were no substitute for a legal prohibition, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today urged Governments that had not yet done so to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and bolster other efforts to create a world free […]

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Security Council Authorizes One-Year Mandate Extension for United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in Wake of Attacks on Peacekeepers

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

  Accusations Traded over Full Implementation of Resolution 1701 (2006) In the wake of attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the Security Council today extended its mandate for one year, until 31 August 2012, condemning all terrorist attacks against it in the strongest terms. Unanimously adopting resolution 2004 (2011), the 15-member body strongly […]

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Secretary-General Deeply Concerned about Deteriorating Security in Sudanese States

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• 3 de setembro 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 is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in Southern Kordofan and the eruption of fighting in Blue Nile State.  The Secretary-General urges the parties to immediately cease all hostilities and allow access to the humanitarian agencies […]