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Secretary-General Says Tunisia, as First North African State to Join Rome Statute, Has Shown Strong Leadership in Common Fight to End Impunity

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• 25 de junho de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on the occasion of Tunisia?s deposit of an instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, today, 24 June: Ambassador [Ghazi] Jomaa [of Tunisia], thank you for depositing Tunisia?s instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court with the Office […]

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Security Council Presidential Statement Calls on Somalia?s Kampala Accord Parties to Ensure ?Cohesion, Focus? in Completing Transitional Tasks

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

  Reiterating the need for a comprehensive strategy to foster peace and stability in Somalia, the Security Council called today on the signatories of the 9 June Kampala Accord to honour their obligations under that agreement and ensure ?cohesion, unity and focus? in completing the transitional tasks set forth in the Djibouti Agreement and the […]

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Special Committee on Decolonization Concludes Session with Approval of Draft Resolution on Tokelau, Another Containing Report on Organizational Matters

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

  Chair Urges Members to Explore Ways to Guide Decolonization Process Through Complexities of Contemporary World, with Clear Sense of Realistic Goals The Special Committee on Decolonization concluded its 2011 substantive session today with the passage of a draft resolution on the Question of Tokelau, which would have the General Assembly acknowledge the Territory?s decision […]

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Secretary-General Calls for Israeli Soldier’s Release on Anniversary of Capture

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: On the fifth anniversary of the captivity of Israeli Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, the Secretary-General calls for his immediate release.  He also joins the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross in calling on Hamas to protect his […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Yemen

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• 24 de junho de 2011
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  The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Noël Nelson Messone ( Gabon): On 24 June, the members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Jamal Benomar, Special Adviser on Yemen, on the situation in Yemen. The members of the Security Council expressed their grave concern at the deteriorating security […]

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Secretary-General Says Tunisia, as First North African State to Join Rome Statute, Has Shown Strong Leadership in Common Fight to End Impunity

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• Menos de um minuto

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on the occasion of Tunisia?s deposit of an instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, today, 24 June: Ambassador [Ghazi] Jomaa [of Tunisia], thank you for depositing Tunisia?s instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court with the Office […]

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Press Conference on Bolivia?s Proposed Amendment to 1961 Narcotic Drugs Convention

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

Bolivia planned to ?denounce? the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 before 1 July, in order to enter a reservation to the provision on coca leaf chewing, a practice that under the Convention had to be phased out in 25 years ? now elapsed ? and then rejoin the treaty on the same day, with that […]

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Press Conference on Tunisia?s Accession to International Criminal Court Statute

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 3 min. de leitura

In the wake of sweeping changes across the region, Tunisia today became the first North African State to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, said that country?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ghazi Jomaa, at a Headquarters press conference today. Joining Mr. Jomaa was Christian Wenaweser, the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, in […]

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Press Conference on International Widows? Day

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following his participation in a special event on the occasion of the inaugural celebration of International Widows? Day at United Nations Headquarters in New York today, Raj Loomba, Founder and Chairman Trustee of the Loomba Foundation, thanked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the international community at large for officially recognizing the day that […]

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Coordinated United Nations-led Action Needed to Tackle Transnational Criminal Networks, World Body?s Anti-drugs Chief Tells Security Council

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• 24 de junho de 2011
• 20 min. de leitura

  Threat to Development, Stability of Fragile States Cited in Briefing to Members Warning that illicit drugs and organized criminal networks were wreaking havoc in many countries ? even holding hostage the stability and development of entire regions ? the top United Nations anti-drugs and crime official told the Security Council today that tackling those […]