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Adoption of Political Declaration Promises ?Bold and Decisive Action? to Wipe Out What Remains of Global Human Tragedy of HIV/AIDS, as High-Level Meeting Concludes

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• 12 de junho de 2011
• 1 horas de leitura

?We Must Succeed; We Must Win Our Battle Against AIDS, and We Will?, Says General Assembly President Deeply concerned that AIDS already had claimed 30 million lives and orphaned 16 million children since it was first discovered in 1981, the United Nations General Assembly today promised to partner with all stakeholders to implement ?bold and decisive action? […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly’s Adoption of HIV/AIDS Declaration, Says ‘With Global Solidarity, We Can End This Epidemic Once and for All’

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• 11 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 welcomes the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General Assembly today. He is encouraged that Member States have agreed to clear and measurable targets, in particular for achieving universal access to […]

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Press Conference on 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference

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

  Introducing the student leaders of the 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference, planned for Incheon, Republic of Korea, 10-14 August, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information said today that such events helped mobilize students to engage in United Nations issues. “This deliberation by students will pave the way for the Rio+20 Conference in […]

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Nobel Laureate Leads Strong Calls for Integrating Global Response into Broader Health Agendas, as Panel Discusses Taking AIDS Out of Isolation

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

  Former President: ‘Militants for Health’ Could Help Save 1 Million Lives by 2015 Francoise Barré-Sinoussi, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for helping to discover the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), led strong calls at the United Nations today for integrating the global response to AIDS into broader health agendas, and for taking advantage of every opportunity […]

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Security Council Extends Until 12 June 2012 Mandate of Panel of Experts Helping Monitor Sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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

  The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts helping monitor sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for an additional year, until 12 June 2012. Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1985 (2011) maintaining the current mandate of the group that it […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly’s Adoption of HIV/AIDS Declaration, Says ‘With Global Solidarity, We Can End This Epidemic Once and for All’

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• 10 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 welcomes the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General Assembly today. He is encouraged that Member States have agreed to clear and measurable targets, in particular for achieving universal access to […]

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States Parties to Convention on Law of the Sea Will Hold Twenty-First Meeting at Headquarters 13-17 June

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

  The twenty-first Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 13 to 17 June. Often referred to as ?the constitution of the oceans?, the landmark Convention was adopted on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994.  Its 320 articles and nine annexes govern all aspects […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Two Entries from Consolidated List, Amendments to Nine Entries

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

  On 9 June 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from its Consolidated List.  The Committee approved these de-listings following its review of the names, as called for in paragraph 26 of resolution 1904 (2009).  The assets freeze, travel ban and arms […]

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Press Conference on Outcome of General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS

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

  Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) hailed the world body’s expected adoption later today of a comprehensive strategy charting the global response to the deadly virus, including a commitment to halving sexual transmission of HIV by 2015, and a broader pledge to work towards increasing […]

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Press Conference on 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference

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

  Introducing the student leaders of the 2011 Global Model United Nations Conference, planned for Incheon, Republic of Korea, 10-14 August, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information said today that such events helped mobilize students to engage in United Nations issues. “This deliberation by students will pave the way for the Rio+20 Conference in […]