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Sustainable Energy Can Support Economic Growth, Social Equity, Healthy Environment, Secretary-General Tells 2012 World Energy Forum

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• 23 de outubro de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the World Energy Forum, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 22 October: I am pleased to greet all participants in the 2012 World Energy Forum.  I thank His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and […]

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Press Conference by Panel of Human Rights Experts on Torture

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• 23 de outubro de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

With a growing number of countries abolishing or suspending the death penalty, mounting evidence was making it possible to envision a future where the practice would be eradicated, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment told reporters at Headquarters today. ?It?s very telling that the trend […]

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Press Conference by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

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• 23 de outubro de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

From being on the verge of open war to neighbours living together in stability, Sudan and South Sudan had made remarkable progress in their relations, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, said today at a briefing at Headquarters. Reporting on specific peacekeeping operations around the world, as well as on some recent trends in peacekeeping, […]

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Under-Secretary-General, in Fourth Committee, Pledges to Work with Member States to ?Project Common Vision for United Nations, Its Strength and Its Promise?

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• 23 de outubro de 2012
• 38 min. de leitura

Speakers Say Report Offers ?Impressive Snapshot? Of Public Information Department?s Innovative, Far-Reaching Programming In a fast-changing media and communications environment, the Department of Public Information continued to find new ways to operate and adapt, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, told the Fourth Committee today, pledging to work with Member States to ?project […]

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In Third Committee, Special Rapporteur on Torture Calls on States to Seriously Reconsider Whether Death Penalty Amounts to Cruel, Inhuman Treatment

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• 23 de outubro de 2012
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Also Hears from Chairs of Committee against Torture; Prevention Subcommittee; Disabilities Committee; Monitoring Committees for Civil, Economic Rights Covenants The Special Rapporteur on Torture called on States in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today to seriously reconsider whether the death penalty amounted to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, or even torture. Presenting his […]

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Alarmed by Fighting in Bani Walid, Secretary-General Calls on All Libyan Authorities to Immediately Launch Process to Peacefully End Stand-Off

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• 21 de outubro de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following statement was issued on 21 October by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is alarmed by the fighting in and around the Libyan city of Bani Walid, and in particular the reports indicating growing civilian casualties due to indiscriminate shelling.  The Secretary-General reminds all parties of their obligations under international […]

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Military Action in Mali Must Not Stoke Tensions, Worsen Fragile Humanitarian Situation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Support and Follow-up Group

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• 21 de outubro de 2012
• 7 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson?s statement at the African Union/Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)/United Nations meeting of the Support and Follow-up Group on Mali, in Bamako today, 19 October: Permettez-moi de commencer par transmettre les salutations les plus cordiales du Secrétaire-général de l?ÓNU, son Excellence M. Ban Ki-moon, qui souhaite […]

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Nuclear Weapons Remain Integral to Strategic Doctrines of Military Alliances, Despite ?High-Sounding and Moralistic Assertions?, First Committee Told

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• 20 de outubro de 2012
• 40 min. de leitura

  Five Related Draft Resolutions Introduced Affirming that eliminating nuclear weapons must be achieved by ensuring equal security for all States, Pakistan?s representative today told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) that the efforts of major nuclear-weapon States had focused mainly on areas where their own security would not be compromised, such as by […]

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Third Committee Speakers Describe National Efforts to Safeguard Child Development, Including Intensified Effort to Combat Under-5 Malnutrition in Developing World

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• 20 de outubro de 2012
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Some 46 Delegates Take Floor in Concluding Day of Debate on Child Rights; Focus on Education, Health Care, Strengthened Legal Regimes for Child Protection In the developing world, some 25 million children below 5 years of age suffered from acute malnutrition, and as Governments intensified their efforts to keep them from dying of often-preventable causes, they needed […]

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Security Council, through Presidential Statement, Strongly Condemns Armed Group ?M23?, Its Attacks on Civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• 20 de outubro de 2012
• 8 min. de leitura

  Also Condemns External Support to M23, Expresses Intention to Apply ?Targeted Sanctions? against Group?s Leadership for Violating Arms Embargo Strongly condemning the armed group known as the 23 March Movement, or M23, for its assaults on civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council this afternoon demanded the end of […]