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World Leaders, Environment Experts Call for Sustainable Forest Management as United Nations Forum Launches International Year, 2011

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

  Nobel Laureate Delivers Keynote Speech; General Assembly President, Secretary-General also Address Event Environmental experts and world leaders called today for the sustainable management of forests in the interest of human development as the United Nations Forum on Forests began its High-level Ministerial Segment by launching the International Year of Forests, 2011, which was followed […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes Final Results from First Round of Haiti Elections

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• 2 de fevereiro 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 welcomes the announcement today by the Provisional Electoral Council of the final results of the first round of presidential and legislative elections in Haiti.  The Secretary-General encourages all actors to take advantage of this opportunity to move forward with […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes Election of New Prime Minister in Nepal

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• 2 de fevereiro 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 welcomes the election today of Jhalanath Khanal as Prime Minister of Nepal, ending a prolonged stalemate on forming a new Government.  He congratulates the Prime Minister-elect and reaffirms the support of the United Nations for all efforts to […]

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Welcoming Anti-Piracy Theme for World Maritime Day 2011, Secretary-General Says Thwarting Piracy Requires Strategy Based on Deterrence, Security, Development

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the World Maritime Day theme for 2011: “Piracy: Orchestrating the Response”, in London, 3 February: It gives me great pleasure to help launch the World Maritime Day theme for 2011.  I thank [International Maritime Organization] Secretary-General [Efthimios] Mitropoulos for providing the opportunity and for his […]

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Committee on NGOs Grants Consultative Status to 17 Civil Society Groups, Approves One Bid for Roster Status, Postpones Consideration of 39 Others

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

  During the second day of deliberations at its 2011 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for 17 organizations and roster status for one, while it postponed consideration of 39 other applications pending receipt of additional information from the civil society groups. The 19-member […]

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United Nations Forum on Forests Meets Ahead of High-Level Segment to Hear Briefings by Working Groups Chairs

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

  Meeting in plenary this afternoon, the United Nations Forum on Forests again facilitated the “cross-fertilization” of information between its two working groups, and assessed their respective progress. Co-Chair Zainol Zainuddin (Malaysia) briefed Forum members on the deliberations of Working Group 1, dealing with forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication, as well as on […]

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Opening 2011 Session of Committee on NGOs, Officials Hail ?Unprecedented? Surge in Civil Society?s Desire to Participate More Actively with United Nations

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

  Increased Interest Must Be Matched by Efforts to Improve Committee?s Work Flow; Members Recommend 24 Non-Governmental Organizations for Special Consultative Status Recalling that civil society involvement in the 2010 Millennium Development Goals summit this past September had influenced the outcome of that gathering of world leaders, Nikhil Seth, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and […]

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Secretary-General Hails Launch of Website for Permanent Memorial Honouring Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade, Urges Efforts to Combat Slavery?s Contemporary Forms

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on the launch of the website for the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, today, 1 February, in New York: It is a pleasure to greet all who have […]

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United Nations to Launch International Year of Forests, 2011, As Forum Holds High-Level Ministerial Segment at Headquarters, 2 February

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

  The International Year of Forests — a year-long celebration of the vital role that forests play in people’s lives — will be launched on Wednesday, 2 February, at a ceremony attended by world leaders, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai and United Nations forest experts. Global observance of the Year comes amid growing recognition of the role […]

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Secretary-General, at High-level Meeting on Sudan, Hails Referendum’s Peaceful Outcome While Reiterating Importance of Coexistence, Broader Peace

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Sudan held in Addis Ababa today, 31 January: Along with Chairperson [Jean] Ping and Chairman [Meles] Zenawi, I welcome you to this timely meeting at which we will address two major situations of concern:   Sudan and Somalia.  At this session, I will […]