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Harmonizing Staff Working Conditions, Strengthening UN Information Technology among Issues, as Budget Committee Approves 18 Texts, Concludes Session

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 38 min. de leitura

  Vote Required on Resolution funding 29 Special Political Missions; Recommends Funds for UN Women, Extra Finance for UN Assistance to Sudan Referendum The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today wrapped up the main part of a sixty-fifth session that aimed to boost the Organization?s efficiency by overhauling how tens of thousands of staff around […]

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Afghanistan?s Transition to Greater Responsibility for Its Own Destiny Requires Realignment of Aid with Priorities, Security Council Told

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 39 min. de leitura

  Standing on Doesn?t Mean Standing Alone, Secretary-General?s Special Representative Stresses in Briefing Afghanistan?s transition to responsibility for its own security, governance and development, put into motion this year, would result in a realignment of aid but not the country?s abandonment, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative for that country said today. The message was to ?help […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Three Entries from Consolidated List, Amendments to Seventeen Entries

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 14 min. de leitura

  On 22 December 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the three entries specified below from its Consolidated List.  The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals: Removed […]

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Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay Appointed Head of United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as Chief Military Observer and Head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He will replace Major General Kim Moon Hwa of the Republic of Korea, who completed his assignment on 27 November.  […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes United States Senate Approval of New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty as Support of Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 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 vote of the United States Senate to support the ratification of the new Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START) today.  This sends a firm and clear message in support of nuclear […]

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Press Conference by Uganda on Conclusion of Two-Year Security Council Tenure

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

Ruhakana Rugunda, Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, called today for a greater focus by the Security Council on preventive diplomacy and peacebuilding as he surveyed a range of situations in Africa. Speaking at a Headquarters press conference on his country?s two-year tenure on the Council, Mr. Rugunda said:  ?We found it rewarding, we […]

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Press Conference by Mexico upon Conclusion of Security Council Tenure

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• 25 de dezembro de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

  During its participation in the Security Council over the last two years, Mexico had focused on strengthening the role of conflict prevention and resolution; the promotion and protection of human rights and international humanitarian law; and enhancing transparency of the Council, the country?s Permanent Representative, Claude Heller, said today at Headquarters. Briefing correspondents on […]

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Secretary-General Deeply Concerned as Clashes between Sudan Government Forces, Darfur Rebel Faction Spark Renewed Displacement

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• 20 de dezembro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General notes with deep concern clashes between the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi and Government of Sudan forces in areas of South and North Darfur.  These clashes included attacks on civilians and destruction of property, and have resulted in renewed […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes Announcement of Iraq’s New Government

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• 20 de dezembro de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes today’s announcement of a new Government in Baghdad, which has been approved by Iraq’s Council of Representatives, and congratulates Nuri al-Maliki on his confirmation as Prime Minister.  This represents a major step forward in Iraq’s democratic progress.  […]

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One Year’s Global Military Spending Could Pay United Nations Budget for 732 Years, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Informal Meeting with Youth

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• 20 de dezembro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery to the Security Council’s informal meeting with youth, in New York today, 21 December: Listening to these young people, I felt very strongly that I could have been one of them.  I, too, grew up in war.  I, too, saw my village destroyed. The […]