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Palestinian Rights Committee Reviews Political Developments, Including Intention of Palestinian Leader to Form Unity Government, Hold Elections Within Six Months

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• 17 de março de 2011
• 5 min. de leitura

Veto in Security Council of Resolution to Halt Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territory also Discussed; Vienna Meeting Report on Palestinian Prisoners Adopted Following protests across the Occupied Palestinian Territory in recent weeks, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had announced his intention to establish a unity Government and to conduct elections within six months, said a […]

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Living Legacy of 30 Million Untold Stories to Be Highlighted in a Series of Activities at UN Headquarters

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• 17 de março de 2011
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  The fourth annual commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade will be observed at United Nations Headquarters under the theme “The transatlantic slave trade:  The living legacy of 30 million untold stories”.  This year’s theme resonates with the continuing and new scholarship that reinterprets […]

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Secretary-General, in Message for International Day, Says Overcoming Racism Compels Us to Address Public Policies, Private Attitudes that Perpetuate It

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• 17 de março de 2011
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  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed on 21 March: Every year, the world commemorates the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpville massacre, which saw dozens of peaceful demonstrators shot by police in apartheid South Africa merely for protesting racially discriminatory laws. This year, […]

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Secretary-General, Dedicating Monument to Fallen Guatemalan ?Blue Helmets?, Hails States? Growing Recognition of United Nations Peacekeeping

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• 17 de março de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message on the inauguration of the monument in memory of Guatemalan soldiers who have lost their lives in the cause of peacekeeping, in Guatemala City, today, 17 March: Today we honour all of the brave Guatemalans who died while serving the United Nations.  This is a day for […]

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Press Conference on Parallel Humanitarian Crises in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia

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• 17 de março de 2011
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  Intensified humanitarian commitments were needed as the situation in Côte d’Ivoire and neighbouring Liberia continued to deteriorate, top United Nations officials said at a Headquarters press conference today. “The humanitarian crisis in Côte d’Ivoire is very serious and it is getting worse,” said Ndolamb Ngokwey, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the West […]

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Security Council Approves ?No-Fly Zone? over Libya, Authorizing ?All Necessary Measures? to Protect Civilians, by Vote of 10 in Favour with 5 Abstentions

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• 17 de março de 2011
• 31 min. de leitura

  Demanding an immediate ceasefire in Libya, including an end to the current attacks against civilians, which it said might constitute ?crimes against humanity?, the Security Council this evening imposed a ban on all flights in the country?s airspace ? a no-fly zone ? and tightened sanctions on the Qadhafi regime and its supporters. Adopting […]

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Serbia Aware that Judicial Reform Entails Inherent Challenges, Given Enduring Regional Legacy of Conflict, Delegation Tells Human Rights Committee

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• 17 de março de 2011
• 47 min. de leitura

  Experts Question State Action on War Crimes Investigations, Prosecutions; Conclude Consideration of Slovakia?s Report While Serbia had made gains in reforming its judiciary, advancing minority participation in public affairs and generally fostering a ?spirit of tolerance and inter-cultural dialogue?, the Government was aware of the challenges it faced in advancing civil and political rights, […]

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International Community Challenged to Construct Contemporary Model to Build Resilient Future, in Meeting with High-level Global Sustainability Panel

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• 16 de março de 2011
• 11 min. de leitura

  ?We are Reaching Limits of Planet?s Carrying Capacity?, Warns General Assembly President; Panellist Says Time Running Out on New Vision for Poverty Eradication Warning that the past century?s heedless resource consumption had left the world at an uncertain crossroads, senior United Nations officials and Government leaders today challenged the international community to define and […]

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Increasingly Complex Situation in Liberia Requires Continued International Attention, Special Representative Tells Security Council

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• 16 de março de 2011
• 8 min. de leitura

  Head of Peacebuilding Commission Configuration Cites Security Threat Posed by Influx of Refugees from Côte d?Ivoire With the election process gearing up and refugees flooding in from neighbouring Côte d?Ivoire, the increasingly complex situation in Liberia required sustained international attention, even though progress continued, Ellen Margrethe Løj, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said today […]

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Concluding Consideration of Togo Report, Human Rights Committee Expresses Concern over Slow Passage of Draft Laws through National Assembly

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• 16 de março de 2011
• 28 min. de leitura

  Experts Raise Questions over Criminal Code, ?Deplorable? Prison Conditions Commending the Government of Togo for having abolished the death penalty and adopted a press code, experts of the Human Rights Committee expressed concern today at the number of draft laws awaiting passage in the National Assembly, especially a draft Criminal Code, and urged their […]