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Fifth Committee Considers Financing for 13 Peacekeeping Missions, Hears Proposals for Disposition of Unspent Funds, Deficits from 23 Closed Operations

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• 5 de maio de 2011
• 14 min. de leitura

  The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning heard the budgetary reports of 13 United Nations peacekeeping missions, as well as proposals for the disposition of $230.7 million of unspent funds from 18 closed operations and deficits of $86.7 million from 5 others. In reports on closed missions, the Secretary-General requested the General Assembly to approve retention of $50 million […]

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Secretary-General Calls on Young People to Join with United Nations in Helping Build More Prosperous, Greener, Safer World, in Address at Sofia University

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• 5 de maio de 2011
• 10 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as prepared for delivery, at Sofia University, in Sofia, Bulgaria, 5 May: Dober Vecher.  Nogo sey radvam, che soom F’krasiva Sofia.  [Good evening. I am happy to be in beautiful Sofia.] Thank you for this warm welcome.  And special thanks to Sofia University and the United Nations […]

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Secretary-General Appoints Rosine Sori-Coulibaly of Burkina Faso as Deputy Special Representative for Burundi

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• 5 de maio de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rosine Sori-Coulibaly of Burkina Faso as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Burundi. Ms. Sori-Coulibaly brings to the position years of international and national experience in the field […]

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Secretary-General, in Message to Contact Group on Libya, Stresses Importance of Security Council Resolutions as Framework for International Action

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• 5 de maio de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message, delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the second meeting of the Contact Group on Libya in Rome today, 5 May: I thank the Governments of Italy and Qatar for organizing and co-chairing this second meeting of the Contact Group on Libya to build on the […]

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Press Conference to Launch ?Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific?

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• 5 de maio de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

Developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region would continue to drive the global economy in 2011 despite high food and fuel prices, volatile capital inflows and other challenges, senior United Nations officials said at Headquarters today. ?The Asia-Pacific region is both a growth driver and anchor of stability for the global economy,? said Amr Nour, Director […]

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Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court Tells Security Council He Will Seek Arrest Warrants Soon against Three Individuals in First Libya Case

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• 4 de maio de 2011
• 28 min. de leitura

  Says Credible Evidence Indicates up to 700 Killed in February Alone; ?Such Atrocities Seared the Human Conscience?, Says Member, Lauding Referral to Court The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the Security Council today that he planned to seek arrest warrants in the coming weeks against three Libyans who appeared to bear ?the […]

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Protecting Free Expression Remains Critical Despite Transformation of Media Landscape, Secretary-General Tells World Press Freedom Day Event

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• 4 de maio de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

  Windhoek Declaration Must Remain Starting Point, Says UNESCO Chief as Speakers Cite Rising Violations of Journalists? Rights Even though the media landscape had been transformed ?beyond recognition? in the 20 years since the Windhoek Declaration on freedom of expression, it remained critical to defend that fundamental right, top United Nations officials said today during an […]

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Secretary-General, Upon Receiving Experts? Report on Source of Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Announces Intention to Name Follow-up Task Force

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• 4 de maio de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The United Nations has today made public the report of the Independent Panel of Experts to investigate the source of the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which was presented to the Secretary-General on 3 May.  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Amendments to One Entry on Its Consolidated List

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• 4 de maio de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  On 4 May 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the changes specified with strike-through and underline in the entry below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted […]

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Secretary-General Hails Lesotho on Resolving 2007 Elections Issues

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• 4 de maio 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 congratulates the Government of Lesotho, the Independent Electoral Commission and the ruling and opposition parties for successfully concluding, on 28 April 2011, a two-year mediation process to peacefully resolve the grievances stemming from the 2007 elections.  Through dialogue, […]