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Saluting ?Momentum for Change? Lighthouse Activities Winners, Secretary-General Urges All Stakeholders to Make Difficult Compromises in Climate Negotiations

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• 4 de dezembro de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the eighteenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ?Momentum for Change? event, in Doha on 4 December: I am pleased to join you for this important meeting today.  I thank the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change […]

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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for December

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• 4 de dezembro de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

The Security Council in December planned to intensify its focus on the Sahel, particularly the crisis in Mali, along with continued consideration of a range of situations around the world, the Permanent Representative of Morocco said as he briefed correspondents at Headquarters on the programme of work for his country?s presidency of the body. Peace […]

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Adopting Six Resolutions by Recorded Vote, General Assembly Concludes Annual Debates on Question of Palestine, Wider Middle East Situation

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 59 min. de leitura

  Concerned by Violence in Syria, Gaza Strip, Speakers Urge United Nations To Move from Merely ?Managing? Conflicts in Region to Seeking Durable Solutions The United Nations should move away from managing the Middle East crisis through repeated resolutions toward forging a lasting comprehensive political solution, the General Assembly heard today as it adopted six […]

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?Wherever There Is Conflict, Women Must Be Part of the Solution,? Security Council Told in Day-Long Debate Urging Their Inclusion in Restoring Fractured Societies

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 1 horas de leitura

Deputy Secretary-General, Heads of UN-Women, Peacekeeping Operations Speak With women caught in the crossfire in Mali, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other conflict-affected countries, the world must ramp up support and efforts to ensure their vital voices were heard, heeded and included in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, and beyond, top United Nations officials […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Situation between Iraq and Kuwait

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following Security Council press statement was issued on 1 December by Council President Mohammed Loulichki (Morocco): The members of the Security Council welcomed the continued cooperation of the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait, and Iraq?s continued commitment to full implementation of its outstanding obligations under the relevant Chapter VII Security Council resolutions, and […]

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Noting Two Thirds of World Not Online, Secretary-General Urges Telecommunication Conference to Close Digital Divide, ?Ensure Universal Access? to Technology

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the opening of the World Conference on International Telecommunications, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 3 December: Excellencies, Secretary General Touré, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to address the ITU [International Telecommunication Union] World Conference on International Telecommunications.  I thank […]

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Secretary-General Says Israel?s Settlement Expansion Would Be ?Almost Fatal Blow? to Two-State Solution; Urges All Stakeholders to Resume Negotiations

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued on 2 December by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: It was with grave concern and disappointment that the Secretary-General learned of Israel?s announcement of 3,000 new settlement units in East Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank.  This would include reported planning in the so-called E-1 […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

A deal had successfully been brokered by the United Nations between Yemen?s Government and a major insurgent group in the country to stop recruiting and using child soldiers, a top children?s rights representative for the Organization told reporters at a Headquarters news conference this afternoon. ?The President?s public instruction to all security forces not to […]

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Press Conference by Special Adviser on Africa

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  As the United Nations increasingly called on regional organizations to lead peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflict-prevention efforts, training centres in Africa were preparing local military, police and civilian personnel to perform efficiently in troubled parts of the continent, the head of one of those centres said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?We are key […]

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General Assembly, in Wake of High-Stakes Debate in First Committee that Championed Common Positions but Fell Short of Bridging Divides, Adopts 58 Texts

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• 2 de dezembro de 2012
• 43 min. de leitura

Resolutions Aim to Neutralize Nuclear-Weapon Threat, Open Passage To Multilateral Negotiations; Israel, Iran, Syria, South Africa Explain Votes The General Assembly, faithful to the recommendations of its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), where delegations in a high-stakes debate championed common positions but fell short of bridging age-old divides over how best to neutralize the […]