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Stagnant Food Production, Rising Malnourishment Threaten Africa?s Ability to Feed Itself, Delegate Says as Second Committee Considers Agriculture, Food Security

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• 28 de outubro de 2010
• 1 horas de leitura

Given its stagnant food production and rising levels of malnourishment, Africa would not be able to feed itself unless the outside world helped with money and technology to spur agriculture across the continent, Malawi?s representative told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it considered agriculture development and food security. Speaking on behalf of […]

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Conventional Arms Control, Symmetry as Lynchpin to Regional, Subregional Stability Subject of One of 16 Draft Resolutions, Decisions Approved by First Committee

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• 28 de outubro de 2010
• 45 min. de leitura

Also Sent to General Assembly Were Texts on Regional Disarmament, Effects Of Depleted Uranium Use, Consolidation of Peace through Practical Disarmament Convinced that conventional arms control needed to be pursued primarily in the regional and subregional contexts, since most threats to peace and security in the post-cold-war era arose mainly among States in the same […]

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Secretary-General Deeply Saddened by Loss of Life in Indonesia Following Volcano Eruption, Tsunami

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• 28 de outubro 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 is deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction of property in Indonesia as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi and the tsunami that affected the Mentawai Islands. He extends his deepest condolences to the […]

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At Phnom Penh Genocide Museum, Secretary-General Says Cambodian People?s Courage ?Sends a Powerful Message to the World ? That There Can Be No Impunity?

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• 28 de outubro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks after visiting the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in Phnom Penh, 28 October: Thirty years have passed. Yet here, in this tragic place, we still hear the echoes. The cries of human misery. The agony. The deadly silence of so many lives, lost so brutally. We see their […]

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United Nations, Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly ?Share Common Vision? to Promote Dialogue, Understanding, Says Secretary-General, in Rabat

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• 28 de outubro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, in Rabat, 28 October: It is a pleasure to convey my greetings to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. The United Nations and Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) share a common vision to promote dialogue, mutual understanding and peaceful […]

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Time Now Opportune for Nuclear-Armed States to Take Effective Disarmament Measures to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, by 1 of 12 Drafts Approved in First Committee

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• 27 de outubro de 2010
• 42 min. de leitura

Committee Sends Other Texts to General Assembly for Adoption on Biological, Chemical Weapons, Prevention of Outer Space Arms Race, Illicit Arms Trafficking A vigorous nuclear disarmament text recognizing that ?the time is now opportune for all nuclear-weapon States to take effective disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of these weapons at the earliest possible […]

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National Efforts to Protect Human Rights, Effectiveness of Human Rights Council and Special Procedures among Issues, as Third Committee Debate Continues

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• 27 de outubro de 2010
• 1 horas de leitura

  Some 38 Speakers Take Floor in Debate on Protection of Human Rights; Delegations Describe Steps Taken on Migrants, Death Penalty, Religious Intolerance After hearing from a wide variety of United Nations human rights experts over the past week, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), today, continued its general discussion on promoting human rights, […]

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Law Commission Official Responds to Legal Committee Comments on Issue of ?Treaty Reservations?, Defending Time to Complete Draft Articles

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• 27 de outubro de 2010
• 32 min. de leitura

  Special Rapporteur, Noting Benefit of ?Perspective? over 16-Year Period, Tells Delegates of Final Year Ahead, Working on ?Horrible but Complex? Topic As the Sixth Committee (Legal) continued its consideration of the report of the International Law Commission today, the Special Rapporteur responded to comments by delegates on the draft articles and the Guide to […]

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Secretary-General Extends Condolences on Death of Argentina’s Former President

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• 27 de outubro 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 learned with great sadness of the untimely and sudden passing of Néstor Kirchner, Executive Secretary of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), former President of Argentina and current Deputy in the Argentinean Congress, and husband of President […]

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?Breaking Down Barriers Among, Between Nations ?As Complex As It Is Essential?, Secretary-General Says in Message to Centro Primo Levi Symposium

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• 27 de outubro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to ?The West and the Rest? Symposium, organized by the Centro Primo Levi, delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information: Primo Levi was an exceptionally perceptive observer of the human condition.  Yet his laboratory, his main source material ? the Nazi death camps ? […]