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?Think Big? in Launching Final Push to Meet Millennium Development Goals, Plan Post-2015 Strategies, Says General Assembly President in Development Dialogue

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• 14 de junho de 2011
• 11 min. de leitura

Vast Backlog of Deprivation to Persist beyond 2015, Says Deputy Secretary-General, Insisting Time Has Come to Consider All Who Will Be Barely Touched by Achievements Citing many examples of real progress around the world that testified to the soundness of the ?people-first? approach embodied in the Millennium Development Goals, senior United Nations officials today said […]

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Secretary-General Says Joint Peacekeeping Training Centre in Campo de Mayo ‘Symbol of Argentina’s Commitment to Peace’

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Joint Training Centre for Peacekeeping Operations (CAECOPAZ) in Campo de Mayo, Argentina, 14 June: I am honoured to be with you. This centre is not just a training ground or collection of barracks; it is a symbol of Argentina’s commitment to peace. When people are caught […]

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Secretary-General, in Address at Foreign Ministry, Says Argentina Positioned to Find Consensus among Diverse Groups of Countries on Crucial Topics

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• 14 de junho de 2011
• 12 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s address at the Argentine Ministry for Foreign Affairs, ? Argentina and the World?, in Buenos Aires on 13 June: Just before coming here to this Ministry, I had an encounter I will never forget:  an encounter with Argentina?s past, but also its future. I visited the International Centre for […]

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United Nations Rejects ‘Media Speculation’ that Judges Received Instructions to Dismiss Case before Extraordinary Chambers in Courts of Cambodia

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

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Support for the independence of the judiciary is a fundamental principle that the United Nations upholds in Cambodia as elsewhere.  The judges and prosecutors at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) must be allowed to function free […]

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By Daring to Be Bold, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation ‘Changed Way We Wage War against Preventable Disease’, Says Secretary-General in Message

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

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) pledging conference, delivered by Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in London on 13 June: I am pleased to convey my best wishes and to express my support for the indispensable work of […]

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Welcoming New Cabinet’s Formation in Lebanon, Secretary-General Underlines Importance of Maintaining National Cooperation, Dialogue

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• 13 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 believes that the formation today of a new Cabinet in Lebanon, following months of consultations under the auspices of President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati, is an important step towards establishing a functional, executive Government in […]

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Russian Secretary-General, Korean General Assembly President to Head Global Model United Nations Conference 2011

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

  Newly Appointed Officials Complete Leadership Training Workshop at World Body’s New York Headquarters The United Nations Department of Public Information has confirmed the appointment of 19 Secretariat and General Assembly officials who will take on the challenge of leading the 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference, to be hosted by the Incheon Metropolitan City and […]

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Convention on Law of the Sea Elects Bureau Members, Adopts Provisional Agenda As It Begins Twenty-first Meeting of States Parties

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• 13 de junho de 2011
• 15 min. de leitura

  Delegates Expected to Focus on Administrative, Budgetary Questions on International Tribunal, Seabed Authority With the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea steadily approaching universal participation, the twenty-first Meeting of States Parties to that treaty opened today with the election of several Bureau members and the adoption of the provisional agenda for […]

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Special Committee on Decolonization, Resuming 2011 Session, Considers Gibraltar, Western Sahara Disputes, Approves Three Drafts on Non-Self-Governing Territories

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• 13 de junho de 2011
• 8 min. de leitura

Gibraltar ?s Opposition Leader Says Pursuit of ?De-Listing? Will Continue; Spain ?s Representative Says Ignoring His Country?s ?Legitimate? Rights Untenable Resuming its 2011 session this morning, the Special Committee on Decolonization approved requests for hearings from several Non-Self-Governing Territories in the coming days and approved without a vote three draft resolutions concerning the transmission and […]

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General Assembly Calls for Intensified Effort towards Goal of ?Conflict-Free Africa?, Continued Assistance to Address Challenges Hampering Peace, Sustainable Development

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

Also Adopts Text Setting Durban Declaration Commemoration for 22 September, Calls for Member States to Be Represented at ?Highest Possible Political Level? Welcoming the progress made in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict and in post-conflict peacebuilding in a number of African countries, the General Assembly today called for intensified, better coordinated efforts between […]