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Diplomatic Frustration over Conference on Disarmament Deadlock Sparks Urgent Calls for Tangible Results in First Committee Drafts

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• 6 de novembro de 2012
• 41 min. de leitura

  Other Texts on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Southern Hemisphere, Developments In Information Security, Confidence-Building in Conventional Weapons Field Forwarding 16 drafts to the General Assembly, the majority addressing nuclear weapons and the disarmament machinery, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today considered a range of texts that reflected shared and sometimes divergent positions on how best to […]

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Universal Recognition of Inalienable Right to Self-Determination Most Effective Way of Guaranteeing Fundamental Freedoms, Third Committee Told

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• 6 de novembro de 2012
• 60 min. de leitura

  Hears from Some 35 Speakers in Day-Long Debate, With Focus on Eliminating Racism, Self-Determination, Human Rights Protections Universal recognition of the inalienable right to self-determination was the most effective way the global community could guarantee protection of fundamental freedoms, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told today, as it concluded discussion on […]

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?Yokohama Children Peace Messengers? to Bring City?s Goodwill during Visit to United Nations Headquarters in New York

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• 5 de novembro de 2012
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  Two elementary school students and two junior high school students from Japan, chosen as ?Yokohama Children Peace Messengers?, today presented a cheque for $140,000 donated by residents of the city of Yokohama, for the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF). A deep history of involvement in a range of international exchange activities, and the city?s […]

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Security Council 1988 Sanctions Committee Adds Individual Abdul Rauf Zakir, Entity Haqqani Network (HQN) to Its Sanctions List

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• 5 de novembro de 2012
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  On 2 November 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to the Committee’s List (the 1988 List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1988 (2011). […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Republic of Korea, 28-31 October

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in the Republic of Korea on Sunday evening, 28 October, after a flight from New York which left on Saturday afternoon. On Monday morning, the Secretary-General first met Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and then spoke at a conference on the role of sports […]

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Press Conference by Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism

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

  Despite the Internet?s importance as a communications vehicle, the platform was a powerful double-edged tool, capable of being used to both spread and combat racism, a human rights expert said today at Headquarters following a presentation to the General Assembly of two related reports. While the Internet was the ?preferred tool? of racist groups […]

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Press Conference on Humanitarian Aid Efforts in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Humanitarian aid operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, although effective, were insufficient,John Ging, Director of Operations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told reporters at a press conference at Headquarters today. Mr. Ging said that his recent visit to the beleaguered country with representatives from the two largest donors, Mark […]

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General Assembly Adopts Consensus Text Reaffirming Strong Support for Indispensable Role of International Atomic Energy Agency

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

  As Delegates Weigh Agency?s Report, Some Say Nuclear Energy Crucial to Boosting Development, Others Cite Safety Concerns Following 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Incident Nuclear technology would continue to play an integral role in securing energy and promoting socioeconomic development, delegates said today as the General Assembly discussed the 2011 report of the International Atomic Energy […]

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Persistent Divisions in First Committee Lock Voting Machine in Familiar Pattern as 26 Drafts, 16 by Recorded Vote, Forwarded to General Assembly

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• 5 de novembro de 2012
• 1 horas de leitura

  Texts Address Nuclear Proliferation Risk in Middle East, Decreasing Operational Readiness of Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material Ban, Negative Security Assurances A raft of traditional texts were approved today by the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), with complementary and, in part, competing, provisions aimed at neutralizing the nuclear-weapon threat and forging agreement in the […]

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Budget Committee Briefed on Impact of Hurricane Sandy on United Nations Headquarters in New York

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• 5 de novembro de 2012
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Committee Also Consider Reports on Capital Master Plan, Mechanisms for Administration of Justice at United Nations Secretariat officials told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today that the multimillion dollar renovation of the United Nations historic Headquarters complex was still on track despite the blow wielded by Hurricane Sandy that shuttered the doors of the […]