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?We Have Only Ourselves to Blame? for Lagging Progress on Security Council Reform, General Assembly Told as It Convenes Debate on Council?s Report, Working Methods

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• 15 de novembro de 2012
• 1 horas de leitura

With Meaningful Negotiations Hobbled by Regional Rivalries, Hypocrisy, Speakers Say Only Flexibility and Political Will Can Break 20-Year Deadlock Despite recognizing the need to make the Security Council more representative and fit to tackle complex global challenges, delegates remained divided on the future makeup of the 15-nation body, as the General Assembly today discussed the […]

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Voting Machine Locks in Familiar Pattern as Fourth Committee Concludes Session with Approval of Nine Texts on Palestine Refugee Agency, Israeli Practices

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

  In All, 24 Draft Resolutions, 4 Decisions Sent to General Assembly On Decolonization, Outer Space, Peacekeeping, Information, Atomic Radiation Fourth Committee concludes work with the approval of nine draft resolutions on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Israeli practices, another on peacekeeping, and a […]

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Credible Outcome to Peaceful Elections Critical for Consolidating Sierra Leone?s Hard-won Peace, Secretary-General Stresses in Pre-ballot Message

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• 15 de novembro de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: On the eve of national elections, the Secretary-General strongly encourages Sierra Leoneans to ensure that the same peaceful spirit that has characterized the electoral process thus far prevails on election day as well as during the vote counting and announcement […]

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Secretary-General Celebrates 60 Years of Headquarters Tours, Salutes Guides as ?True All-Rounders?, Invaluable Ambassadors to Millions of Visitors

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the reception to celebrate 60 years of United Nations guided tours, in New York on 15 November: You only get one chance at making a first impression. For millions of visitors to the United Nations, that first impression is shaped by their tour guide […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Nine Entries on Sanctions List

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

  On 15 November 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council […]

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Member States Announce Contributions at 2012 United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities

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

  Speakers at Headquarters Event Stress Need for Flexible, Predictable Funding A total of 25 Member States pledged approximately $865 million today, during a Headquarters event in support of United Nations development activities for 2013. Opening the 2012 Pledging Conference, Navid Hanif, Director of the Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination in the Department […]

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Human Rights Council Successfully Built on Strong Desire of States to Address Human Rights Violations in Non-Confrontational Manner, Third Committee Told

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

President Says Approach Illustrated by Crisis in Syria, Which Dominated Year; Yet, Full Implementation of Important Resolutions Depends on Additional Resources In its six years of existence, the Human Rights Council had successfully built on the strong desire of all Member States to address the root causes of human rights violations and raise awareness about them […]

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General Assembly Speakers Hail Human Rights Council as ‘Voice of Accountability’, Say Body Requires Sufficient Resources, Must Not Yield to Political Pressure

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

Assembly Also Adopts Text on Arrangements for Commemoration Of Thirtieth Anniversary of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Gathering in the General Assembly Hall today, delegates assessed the work of the Human Rights Council covering an ever-increasing array of topics that came under its purview, but with scant resources to address them […]

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Commending Enhanced Cooperation, Rejuvenated Protocol II, Secretary-General Urges Further Efforts Implementing Convention Accelerated Plan of Action

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fourteenth Annual Conference of High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, as delivered by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in Geneva, 14 November: I am pleased to send greetings to all participants in […]

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Secretary-General Says Internal Review Panel Report on Sri Lanka Will Be Made Public in Interests of Transparency, Accountability, Legitimacy, Credibility

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s statement on the Internal Review Panel Report on Sri Lanka: The conduct of the final months of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated profound concerns about alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.  In 2010, following an agreement with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, I established a […]