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Secretary-General Reiterates United Nations Determination to Help Central African Republic Achieve Peace, Stability, Development

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level side event on Addressing Peacebuilding and Development Challenges in the Central African Republic, in New York today, 20 September: C’est pour moi un plaisir de participer à cet évènement parallèle de haut-niveau. Monsieur le Président, votre participation effective démontre votre […]

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Secretary-General, Addressing Millennium Goals Round Table, Urges Sporting Community to Build on Growing Ties with United Nations

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Millennium Development Goals Summit Round Table on the Value of Sport as a Development Tool, in New York, today, 20 September: Thank you for participating in this round table.  Thank you for everything you do to harness the power of sport to inspire positive social […]

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Government, Business Leaders to Launch Online ‘Toolbox’ 21 September in New York, in Parallel with United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Government leaders and Chief Executive Officers from technology corporations from all continents, and senior United Nations officials will start the day right tomorrow, 21 September, with a high-level meeting at the Millennium Hotel and the launch of an online set of tools to help achieve world anti-poverty goals. The “Millennium Development Goals eNabler” responds […]

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Press Conference on High-level Event ?Addressing Central African Republic?s Peacebuilding Needs?

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  A high-level event on the Central African Republic to be held later today was aimed at re-energizing international support for the country?s emergence from strife and poverty, officials involved in that effort said at Headquarters this afternoon. ?The [Central African Republic] has been kind of a forgotten country, so this kind of event will […]

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Press Conference on New Partnership for Africa?s Development (NEPAD)

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  During a Headquarters press conference today, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of The New Partnership for Africa?s Development (NEPAD), called for increased emphasis to be placed on the regional dimensions of the broader effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. With the General Assembly?s three-day summit-level review of the status of the implementations […]

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Press Conference by Director-General of World Trade Organization

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• 20 de setembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  Despite the global economic and financial crisis, the world trade system had remained open, with only minimal protectionist slippages, Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, said today. ?As we all know, the media doesn?t like speeches, they like news.  This is why I decided to come to New York with a speech […]

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Press Conference on Annual United Nations Treaty Event, Convention on Biodiversity

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• 17 de setembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  The Chief of the Treaty Section in the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs,Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, and the Liaison Officer for the international Convention on Biodiversity, Nandhini Krishna, expressed hope for increased participation at both the upcoming Annual Treaty Event and Biodiversity Summit, at a Headquarters press conference today. According to Ms. Goettsche-Wanli, this year’s treaty […]

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Second Committee Adopts Work Programme Covering Poverty Eradication, Development, Climate Change, among Other Key Issues to Be Considered During New Session

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• 17 de setembro de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Poverty eradication and other development issues, climate change and the international financial and trade systems were among key topics approved for consideration by the General Assembly?s Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon as it adopted its organization of work for the sixty-fifth session. The Committee also adopted its programme of work (document A/C.2/65/L.1) […]

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General Assembly Adopts Programme of Work for Sixty-Fifth Session

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• 17 de setembro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the United Nations General Assembly this morning adopted the work programme and agenda for its sixty-fifth session, which contains nearly 124 items. Among the topics to be considered during the session are two new agenda items: “harmony with nature”, to be included under the heading “Promotion of […]

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Briefing Security Council, Special Coordinator for Middle East Stresses Magnitude of Opportunity for Talks, Risks of Failure, Urges Collective Support

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• 17 de setembro de 2010
• 6 min. de leitura

  The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process this morning called on the Security Council and the international community to maintain strong support for the recently revived direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. “Our collective task is to support these negotiations and maximize prospects for success,” said Robert Serry, who is […]