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Job Creation ?a Key Element? for Effective, Comprehensive Poverty Reduction, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Second Committee Discussion

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• 22 de outubro de 2010
• 6 min. de leitura

  Moderating Panel, He Criticises ?Lip Service?, ?Magic Bullets? as Delegates Debate Merits of Various Measurement Benchmarks In efforts towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, it would be impossible to tackle poverty effectively and comprehensively without both understanding its multidimensional nature and creating decent employment opportunities for all, the Assistant Secretary-General for Economic […]

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Secretary-General, at United Nations Association-New York Dinner, Stresses Importance of Partnerships in Overcoming Obstacles Ahead

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Association-New York dinner on 21 October: Thank you for that warm welcome.  I am delighted to join you. The United Nations Association of New York is a good friend.  You believe deeply in our global mission.  You are out there, […]

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African Union Peacekeepers Should Receive Same Support, Uphold Similar Standards as United Nations Counterparts, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Debate

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• 22 de outubro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Security Council debate on peace and security in Africa, in New York today, 22 October: This is an important opportunity to follow up on last year?s discussions on how to strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union and, in particular, to enhance the […]

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Press Conference by Representative of Secretary-General on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

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• 22 de outubro de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  Prevailing economic and political pressures in Haiti and Iraq were compounding the already enormous difficulties faced by internally displaced persons and more must be done by those Governments ? and the United Nations ? to ensure their most basic protection needs were being met, Walter Kälin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights […]

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Press Conference on 2010 Citizen Ambassadors Campaign

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

  The six young winners of the second annual “Citizen Ambassadors to the United Nations” video contest told reporters at Headquarters today of their desire to make the world a better place by raising awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. Selected this summer by a panel of United Nations officials and contest partners, they have […]

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Press Conference on Human Rights of Migrant Workers

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• 22 de outubro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  The inadequate and often appalling housing conditions faced by millions of international migrant workers around the world were largely due to discriminatory practices that could only be remedied through a human rights-based approach, the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing said today at a Headquarters press conference. ?Today, most of the 200 […]

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Press Conference Marking Tenth Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on ?Women, Peace and Security?

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• 21 de outubro de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

  In the decade since the Security Council adopted its landmark resolution 1325, calling for higher levels of women?s involvement in peacemaking and peacebuilding, ?unprecedented? tools had been put in place to advance that cause, but commitments must be met and resources harnessed for women?s views to really be represented in decisions affecting their lives, […]

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Speakers in Second Committee Underline Need for Urgent Steps to Reverse Deepening Poverty Worldwide as Millennium Goals Deadline Looms

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• 21 de outubro de 2010
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  Delegates Also Consider Report on Industrial Development Cooperation With five years left until the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals, and millions of people being pushed deeper into poverty worldwide, the international community must take immediate and comprehensive remedial action at the regional, national and international levels, delegates emphasized today as the Second […]

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Unprecedented Pressures on Farmland ? with 30 million Hectares Lost Annually ? Poses ?Direct Threat to the Right to Food of Rural Populations?, Third Committee Told

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• 21 de outubro de 2010
• 47 min. de leitura

Rapporteur on Right to Food Leads Off Day-Long Discussion; Also Hears UN Experts on Debt, Internally Displaced Persons, Human Rights Defenders, Freedom of Religion The world was witnessing a situation in which pressures on land and water were increasing at ?unprecedented speed,? with dramatic consequences for millions of farmers, fishermen and indigenous people and their […]

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Public Information Department is Public Voice of United Nations, Fourth Committee Hears, Charting Path in Two Drafts for Organization?s Mission to Spread Message

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• 21 de outubro de 2010
• 36 min. de leitura

The Department of Public Information was the public voice of the Organization, and the promotion of multiculturalism and multilingualism must remain the hallmark of the United Nations, infusing efforts to achieve common undertakings and mature responses in every aspect of its work, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today just prior to its […]