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Closing Sixty-Fourth Session, General Assembly President Urges Concrete Actions to Ensure Body?s Objectives Are Met, Decisions Respected, Authority Reinforced

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• 14 de setembro de 2010
• 8 min. de leitura

In Close Vote, Assembly Decides to Adjourn Debate on European Union?s Participation in Work of United Nations, Defers Text on Matter to Next Session Encouraged by political leaders? strong support for the United Nations as the centre stage of dialogue and collective action to address the world?s multiple challenges, outgoing General Assembly President Ali Abdussalam […]

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Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala Chair of Fifth Committee

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

Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala was elected Chair of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on 11 June 2010.  (See Press Release GA/10947) Mr. Rosenthal was appointed his country?s Permanent Representative on 7 May 2008.  He was his country?s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007, and served as an international consultant from 2004 to […]

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Chitsaka Chipaziwa of Zimbabwe Chair of Fourth Committee

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• 14 de setembro de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

  Chitsaka Chipaziwa, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 27 August 2010.  (See Press Release GA/SPD/447) Mr Chipaziwa became his country’s Permanent Representative in New York on 13 August 2010.  Prior to that, since 2003, Mr. Chipaziwa served as Ambassador and Permanent […]

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Michel Tommo Monthe of Cameroon Chair of Third Committee

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• 14 de setembro de 2010
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  Michel Tommo Monthe of Cameroon was elected Chair of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 27 August 2010. (See Press Release GA/SHC/3971) He was named his country?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 8 September 2008.  Prior to that appointment, Mr. Monthe served as Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative […]

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Press Conference by President of Sixty-Fifth General Assembly

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

  The incoming President of the General Assembly, in his first Headquarters press conference this afternoon, expressed hope that the sixty-fifth session would reaffirm the central place of the United Nations in global governance. ?All the big topics that concern our planet have to be discussed in the General Assembly,? Joseph Deiss of Switzerland said […]

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Secretary-General, in Message to World Energy Congress, Stresses Importance of Addressing Related Infrastructure Needs in Developing World

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• 13 de setembro de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message to the World Energy Congress in Montreal, on 12 September: Chairman of the World Energy Council, Pierre Gaddoneix, distinguished ministers, business leaders and experts, C?est avec plaisir que je transmets mes salutations aux participants du Congrès Mondial de l?Énergie à Montréal. Energy has dramatically changed our world.  […]

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Press Conference by Outgoing General Assembly President

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• 13 de setembro de 2010
• 7 min. de leitura

  Welcoming the General Assembly?s accomplishments over the past 12 months ? especially the spirit of consensus shown by Member States on issues ranging from achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to ensuring long-term support for disaster-struck Haiti and Pakistan ? Ali Abdussalam Treki, the 192-member body?s outgoing President, today said there was nevertheless ?room for […]

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Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters

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• 13 de setembro de 2010
• 22 min. de leitura

  Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 13 September: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to see you again. We are on the eve of big events here at the United Nations.  Let me say a few words about my hopes […]

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Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters

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• 13 de setembro de 2010
• 22 min. de leitura

  Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 13 September: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to see you again. We are on the eve of big events here at the United Nations.  Let me say a few words about my hopes […]

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General Assembly, in Consensus Actions, Adopts 3 Resolutions, 2 Decisions on Millennium Goals, Small Island States, Year of Biodiversity

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• 13 de setembro de 2010
• 7 min. de leitura

Delegates Take Action Ahead of Sixty-fifth Session?s Opening Tomorrow In a flurry of activity before the opening tomorrow of its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted three resolutions and two decisions today on issues related to the layout of its upcoming high-level meetings on the Millennium Development Goals, the Mauritius Strategy for the Sustainable Development […]