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As Committee on United Nations Charter Opens Annual Session, Speakers Denounce Use of Coercive Measures, Say Targeted Sanctions Limit Widespread Suffering

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• 28 de fevereiro de 2011
• 22 min. de leitura

  Disagreements Surface over Whether Committee Should Continue Examining Matters Regarding Assistance to Third Parties Impacted By Sanctions While largely agreeing that the Security Council should only use sanctions against countries as a last resort, members of the Special Committee on the United Nations Charter and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization […]

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To Redress Violence against Women ? ?Prevalent and Pervasive? ? Victims Must Not Be Returned to Egregious Situations, Commission on Status of Women Told

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• 28 de fevereiro de 2011
• 1 horas de leitura

  Reparations Should Subvert, Not Reinforce, Pre-Existing Patterns, Gender Hierarchies, Says Special Rapporteur on Violence, as Session Enters Second Week Violence against women remained the most prevalent and pervasive form of human rights violations and its elimination depended on the effective implementation of standards to ensure that its root causes and consequences were pursued at […]

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Clock Ticking on Millennium Development and Education for All Goals, Says Secretary-General Urging Bold Responses, Support for Proven Efforts

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

  Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the Economic and Social Council special event on philanthropy, as delivered by Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet, today, 28 February, in New York: As you may know, the Secretary-General is in Washington [D.C.] today for an emergency meeting with President [Barack] Obama on the […]

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Secretary-General, in Message to Economic Community of Central African States, Pledges Ongoing United Nations Support for Peace, Stability Efforts in Region

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• 28 de fevereiro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifteenth ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic, in […]

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Fundamental Issues of Peace, Security at Stake, Secretary-General Warns as He Briefs Security Council on Situation in Libya

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• 27 de fevereiro de 2011
• 6 min. de leitura

  He Stresses Urgent Need for Action as Permanent Representative Compares Leader’s Actions to Those of Past Infamous Dictators Warning that “fundamental peace and security issues are at stake in Libya”, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today briefed the Security Council on the situation in that country — where more than 1,000 people have been […]

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In Swift, Decisive Action, Security Council Imposes Tough Measures on Libyan Regime, Adopting Resolution 1970 in Wake of Crackdown on Protesters

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• 26 de fevereiro de 2011
• 28 min. de leitura

  Situation Referred to International Criminal Court; Secretary-General Expresses Hope Message ?Heard and Heeded? in Libya Deploring what it called ?the gross and systematic violation of human rights? in strife-torn Libya, the Security Council this evening demanded an end to the violence and decided to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court while imposing […]

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Fundamental Issues of Peace, Security at Stake, Secretary-General Warns as He Briefs Security Council on Situation in Libya

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• 26 de fevereiro de 2011
• 6 min. de leitura

  He Stresses Urgent Need for Action as Permanent Representative Compares Leader’s Actions to Those of Past Infamous Dictators Warning that “fundamental peace and security issues are at stake in Libya”, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today briefed the Security Council on the situation in that country — where more than 1,000 people have been […]

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Left Unchecked, Violence against Girls Will Morally Doom Efforts to Reach Millennium Development Goals, Commission on Status of Women Told

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• 26 de fevereiro de 2011
• 6 min. de leitura

  UNICEF Says Girl Victims of Violence Still Treated as Criminals; Panellists Tell Harrowing Stories of Turning to Prostitution, Trading Sex for School Grades While more Governments were adopting laws and policies to address the multiple forms of violence against girls, those youths still bore the heaviest burden of the failure to secure equitable development […]

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Today’s Measures Are Tough, Says Secretary-General of Security Council’s Resolution on Libya, but in Days Ahead, Even Bolder Action May Be Needed

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• 26 de fevereiro de 2011
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on Libya, today, 26 February, in New York: Let me express my appreciation to the Security Council for its work today.  I welcome the resolution you have just adopted unanimously.  While it cannot, by itself, end the violence and the […]

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?Kuwait and Iraq Stand at Dawn of New Era of Peaceful Coexistence,? Secretary-General Says in Commemoration of Kuwait?s Independence

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• 26 de fevereiro de 2011
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message on the twentieth anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait and fiftieth anniversary of its independence, today, 26 February, in New York: It gives me great pleasure to greet the Government and people of Kuwait on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its independence and the twentieth […]