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Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar Elected President of General Assembly?s Sixty-Sixth Session; Vice-Presidents, Main Committee Chairs Also Named

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

  Mr. Al-Nasser Vows to Focus on Bridging Differences, Building Consensus; Secretary-General Says President-elect Has Always Valued Assembly?s ?Special Role? The General Assembly this afternoon elected Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations, as President of its sixty-sixth session. Elected in separate meetings were the Chairs and other Bureau members […]

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General Assembly Adopts Text Inviting Member States to Make Most of Mediation in Peacefully Settling Disputes, Preventing or Resolving Conflict

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

  Resolution on Boosting New Partnership for Africa?s Development Also Passed Amid calls for more unified development and conflict-prevention efforts, the General Assembly today adopted two resolutions focusing, respectively, on support for the African Union?s flagship development programme, and on the ?untapped potential? of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes. By the terms of […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes Constitutional Reform Process in Morocco

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• 22 de junho 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 commends the people and the Government of Morocco for the peaceful manner in which they have been conducting the national process of political reforms.  The constructive role of all national stakeholders, in particular the youth, is important, as […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Iraq/Kuwait

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• 22 de junho de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  The following Security Council press statement on Iraq/Kuwait was issued today by Council President Noël Nelson Messone ( Gabon): The members of the Security Council received a briefing from Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, the Secretary-General?s High-Level Coordinator, on the thirty-first report of the Secretary-General, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Security Council resolution 1284 (1999). […]

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Secretary-General Tells General Assembly President-elect ‘You Have Already Made a Significant Contribution; You Will Do Even More as Leader of Most Universal Body’

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• 22 de junho de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the election of the President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, today, 22 June, in New York:  Thank you very much, Mr. President.  Allow me to express my gratitude for your important contributions over the past year.  I especially welcome your initiatives on the […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict on Agreement with Chad to End Use of Child Soldiers

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

  The United Nations envoy on children and armed conflict today commended the Government of Chad for recently signing an agreement with the world body on ending the use of child soldiers in the central African country?s security forces. Just back from her 12-19 June visit to that country, Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of […]

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General Assembly Appoints Secretary-General Ban Ki–moon to Second Term of Office; Ban: ‘Together, No Challenge Is Too Large — Together, Nothing Is Impossible’

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• 21 de junho de 2011
• 16 min. de leitura

  Five-Year Term Runs From 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; Assembly President Joseph Deiss Praises Ban’s ‘Loyalty, Discretion and Conscience’ Acting on the recommendation of the Security Council, the General Assembly this afternoon unanimously appointed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term beginning 1 January 2012. In a draft resolution adopted by […]

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Head of New United Nations Office to African Union Briefs Security Council on Efforts to Broaden Strategic Partnership between Two Organizations

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• 21 de junho de 2011
• 18 min. de leitura

  Making First Appearance before Council as Special Representative, Says Office Making Progress in Transition to Self-Sufficient Operation Based in Addis Ababa The head of the year-old United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) briefed the Security Council today on efforts under way to broaden the strategic partnership between the two organizations on a […]

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Special Committee on Decolonization Adopts Draft on Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Amid Petitioners? Concern that Text Ignores Islanders? Self-Determination Wish

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• 21 de junho de 2011
• 46 min. de leitura

?Committee of 24? Also Forwards Three Traditional Texts in Support Of Decolonization Declaration to General Assembly; Hears Petitioners from Guam In a busy day that heard pleas to do otherwise, the Special Committee on Decolonization today adopted a consensus resolution reiterating that the way to end the ?special and particular? colonial situation in the Falkland […]

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Sri Asih Roza Nova of Indonesia Awarded 24th Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on Law of the Sea

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• 21 de junho de 2011
• 4 min. de leitura

  Thang Nguyen Dang of Viet Nam Selected as Alternate; Winner?s Proposed Research/Study Aimed at Combating Illegal Fishing NEW YORK, 17 June (Office of Legal Affairs) ? Sri Asih Roza Nova of Indonesia has been awarded the twenty-fourth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.  In case Ms. Rosa Nova is unable to accept […]