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General Assembly Will Declare 30 August International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearance, in Resolution Approved by Third Committee

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 27 min. de leitura

  Other Texts:  Ageing, Equitable Order, Coercive Measures, Social Summit, Peace Promotion, Human Rights Cooperation, African Institute, Administration of Justice Resolutions that would have the General Assembly declare an International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, as well as establish an open-ended working group to strengthen the protection of human rights of older persons, […]

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General Assembly Makes Appointments to Administrative, Budgetary Bodies

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Acting on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly today appointed officials to several of its subsidiary bodies for terms of office beginning on 1 January 2011, including its influential Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), which plays a crucial role in managing the United Nations vast human […]

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Climate Finance ‘Crucial’ for Unlocking Progress in Negotiations, Closing Gap in Trust, Secretary-General Tells G-20 Members

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  (Delayed in transmission.) Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the G-20 Working Lunch on Climate Change and Green Growth, delivered in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 12 November 2010: I welcome this opportunity to speak to you on climate change and green growth. I thank the leadership of President [Felipe] Calderón [Hinojosa] of […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Republic of Korea, 10-14 November

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Seoul early on the morning of Wednesday, 10 November, after a flight from New York. On arrival, the Secretary-General made brief remarks to waiting South Korean media in Korean, outlining the main purpose of his visit — to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) […]

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Secretary-General, in Message to Global Forum on Migration and Development, Calls for Reaffirmation of Migrants’ Role in Strengthening World Economy

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  (Delayed in transmission.) Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, in Puerto Vallarta, 8 November: I am pleased to convey my greetings to the Global Forum on Migration and Development.  I commend the Government of Mexico for […]

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Press Conference on Launch of United Nations Academic Impact

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  In an effort to bolster ?intellectual social responsibility? for such global goals as promoting human rights, protecting the environment and ending wars, the United Nations had partnered with institutions of higher learning around the world in a new initiative called Academic Impact, Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, said today at a […]

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Press Conference by African Union, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Africa Industrialization Day 2010

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• 19 de novembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

There is significant potential to be leveraged in the accelerated and sustainable industrial development of Africa, and many possibilities existed for tapping the continent?s vast potential, said speakers today during a Headquarters press conference on the occasion of the Africa Industrialization Day 2010, commemorated tomorrow, 20 November. Permanent Observer of the African Union, Tete Antonio, reading […]

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Third Committee Approves Resolutions on Human Rights in Myanmar, Iran, Democratic People?s Republic of Korea

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• 18 de novembro de 2010
• 1 horas de leitura

  Also Approves Tests on Human Rights Council Report, Missing Person, Protection of Migrants, Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Draft resolutions that would have the General Assembly address the human rights situations in the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea, Iran and Myanmar were approved by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, but […]

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Second Committee Approves Text Demanding Israel End Depletion, Endangerment of Natural Resources in Arab Lands Under Its Occupation

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• 18 de novembro de 2010
• 17 min. de leitura

  Members Also Pass Draft Resolutions Relating To Globalization, International Trade, Sustainable Development The General Assembly would demand that Israel stop exploiting, damaging, depleting or endangering natural resources in occupied Arab lands, by the terms of one of five draft resolutions approved today by its Second Committee (Economic and Financial). By other terms of that […]

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Security Council Authorizes for Another Year European Union Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by 1948 (2010); NATO to Maintain Presence There

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• 18 de novembro de 2010
• 12 min. de leitura

Calling on all Bosnia and Herzegovina?s political leaders to refrain from divisive rhetoric and make further concrete and tangible progress towards European Union integration, the Security Council this afternoon authorized for another year, until 18 November 2011, the European Union Stabilization Force (EUFOR) mandated to ensure continued compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended […]