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At Cancún Meeting, Secretary-General Says States Must Show ‘Courage, Common Sense and Compromise’ to Achieve Breakthrough on Long-Term Response to Climate Change

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 6 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level segment of the Sixteenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Cancún, Mexico, 7 December: This is the fourth time I come before you since becoming Secretary-General of the United Nations.  From the heady days in Bali, […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Adds Name of One Individual to Its Consolidated List

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

  On 6 December 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of […]

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Press Conference on Ninth Assembly of States Parties to International Criminal Court?s Rome Statute

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  Prompted by communications from citizens in the Republic of Korea, the International Criminal Court has launched a preliminary examination into whether forces of the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea have committed war crimes, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, said at a Headquarters press conference today. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo was referring to allegations that the Democratic People?s Republic […]

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Press Conference on ?2010 Gender Report Card? on International Criminal Court

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 7 min. de leitura

Even with the lack of reparations, or even basic services for women victims of conflict-driven violence, justice for women was ?still an afterthought?, Anne Marie Goetz, Chief Adviser on Governance, Peace and Security at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), said today. ?If anyone doubts the importance of the work of the Women?s […]

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Press Conference on Key Issues before Ninth Assembly of States Parties to International Criminal Court?s Rome Statute

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

The evolution of the rule of law in international relations would be at stake during the ninth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, now underway at Headquarters, William Pace, Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, said today. Speaking at a Headquarters press conference, Mr. Pace underlined […]

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General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate on Law of the Sea Adopting Two Texts Bolstering United Nations Regime Governing Ocean Space, Its Resources, Uses

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 1 horas de leitura

  Speakers in Day-Long Discussion Lament Plastic-Choked Seas and Shorelines, Fear ?Backsliding? on Recent Commitments on Curbing Bottom Trawling, Shark Finning Reiterating its deep concern at the serious adverse impacts on the marine environment and biodiversity, and highlighting the links between the health of the world?s oceans and sustainable human development, the General Assembly today […]

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United Nations Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees Holds Pledging Conference, with Speakers Warning Financial Situation Precarious, Structural

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 7 min. de leitura

  Stressing the international community?s responsibility to address the needs of Palestinian refugees and expressing alarm over the chronic funding shortfall of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) set up to support them, 20 donors this morning pledged approximately $214 million to UNRWA for 2011, and several more […]

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Opposition Man?s Win ?Irrefutable?, Top United Nations Official in Côte d?Ivoire Tells Security Council, Stressing Need to Safeguard Run-off Election Results

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• 7 de dezembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

Describing the opposition candidate?s victory in the 28 November Côte d?Ivoire presidential run-off election as ?irrefutable?, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative in the West African country told the Security Council today that it was crucial to safeguard the poll results. ?There was only one winner with a clear margin,? said Y.J. Choi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General […]

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General Assembly, on Recommendation of Legal Committee, Adopts Texts on Measures to Eliminate Global Terrorism, Programme of International Legal Assistance

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• 6 de dezembro de 2010
• 24 min. de leitura

  Also Adopts Texts on Rule of Law; Work of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, International Law Commission Among the 17 resolutions and two decisions adopted this afternoon on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee (Legal) by new language within a text on measures to eliminate international terrorism, the General Assembly expressed concern at […]

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Pressure to Conclude Trials, ?Staff Attrition? Among Obstacles Cited as Officials of International Criminal Tribunals Brief Security Council

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• 6 de dezembro de 2010
• 44 min. de leitura

  Members also Discuss Need for Greater Cooperation In Arresting Fugitives, Transfer of Accused Persons to National Courts As part of its efforts to call to account those bearing the greatest responsibility for recent atrocities, the Security Council today heard reports by the heads of the international tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia as […]