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General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Accord Palestine ?Non-Member Observer State? Status in United Nations

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
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Objective to ?Breath New Life? into Peace Process, Says Palestinian President; Israel?s Delegate Counters, Without Direct Negotiations, Peace Remains ?Out of Reach? Voting by an overwhelming majority ? 138 in favour to 9 against (Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Panama, Palau, United States), with 41 abstentions ? the General Assembly today accorded […]

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Palestinians to Upgrade Status at United Nations against ?Complex and Wrenching Backdrop?, Secretary-General Says on International Day of Solidarity

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
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Vision Set Out in 1947 Tragically Unfulfilled, as Hope Withers For Lives of ?Dignity and Calm?, Palestinian Rights Committee Told Sharing the deep ?global frustration? that the two-State solution seemed ever more distant, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People today that the cost of […]

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United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Remains Key Factor in Transition to Inclusive, Stable, Prosperous Democracy, Security Council Told

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 7 min. de leitura

Briefing Members, Special Representative Paints Mixed Picture of Progress amid Political Stalemate, Extremist Violence The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) remained an important factor in helping that country to ?stay the course? and complete its transition to an inclusive, stable and prosperous democracy in the face of a national political stalemate and regional […]

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Heralding International Volunteer Day, Secretary-General Says Digital Age Allows Anyone with Internet Connection, Mobile Phone to ‘Make a Difference’

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Volunteer Day, to be observed on 5 December: As we celebrate the impact of volunteers on our world, let us remember the many places they are needed:  in war zones and classrooms, in hospitals and homes — wherever struggling people seek a helping hand. Let us […]

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Noting New Status Accorded to Palestine, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly ?No Substitute for Negotiations? in Efforts towards Peace, Two-State Solution

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the General Assembly on the question of Palestine, in New York, on 29 November: An important vote has taken place today in the General Assembly. The decision by the General Assembly to accord Palestine Non-Member Observer State status in the United Nations was a prerogative of the Member […]

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Steady International Support Vital for Bolstering United Nations Cohesion, Delivery, Secretary-General Tells Peacebuilding Fund Stakeholders

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Peacebuilding Fund High-level Stakeholders Meeting, in New York, today, 29 November: I am pleased to be with you to reflect on another eventful year for peacebuilding and democratic reform.  We are honoured to be joined by video link by Tawakkol Karman, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize […]

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Press Conference by Deputy Special Representative, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

Although the urgent, short-term humanitarian needs of people displaced around Goma were under control, long-term assistance remained uncertain, Mustapha Soumaré, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) told journalists today by videoconference from Kinshasa. The funds redirected and pooled by MONUSCO and its partners […]

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Press Conference on Launch of 2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
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The day when no baby would be born with HIV, anywhere in the world, was very near, Bertil Lindblad, Director, New York Office of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), told reporters today at a Headquarters press conference, as he launched the 2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day report. Every day should be World […]

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Press Conference on Sports for Peace and Development

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• 29 de novembro de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  Soccer, the most popular game in the world, was an extraordinary instrument for peace, development, mutual understanding and tolerance, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy, told journalists at a Headquarters press conference today. Sports programmes could help children integrate into their communities and provide a network for schooling and health care, Mr. Ragaglini said.  […]

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Management Can Determine Whether Migration Has Positive or Negative Impact, Second Committee Panel Discussion Told

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• 15 de novembro de 2012
• 14 min. de leitura

  Determining whether migration was a positive or a negative phenomenon depended on how it was managed, Michelle Klein-Solomon, Permanent Observer of the International Organization for Migration, told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it a panel discussion on that subject. Noting that migration was likely to increase in the coming years, she […]