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Moderate Majority Must Not Be Silent Majority, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Urging All to Combat Intolerance

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

(Delayed in transmission.) Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson?s remarks, as delivered, at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation annual awards dinner, in New York, 27 September: It is a pleasure to join you.  I bring warm greetings to all of you from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.  He also sends his thanks to Rabbi [Arthur] Schneier for […]

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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for October

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

Women, peace and security, the rule of law, and the Middle East would be discussed in open debates this month at the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Guatemala said this afternoon as he introduced the agenda for his October presidency of that body. ?There will be three open debates, in part because of the […]

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Press Conference on Maternal Health in United Republic of Tanzania

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

  New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg announced at Headquarters today a new investment in an innovative maternal health programme in the United Republic of Tanzania, saying it would impact at least 50,000 women and their children over the next three years. At a news conference, Mr. Bloomberg said the programme focused on upgrading […]

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Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at United Nations Headquarters

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

  Following is a transcript of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson?s press conference held in New York, 2 October: It?s very good to be with you.  I know several of you from earlier incarnations in my former life and I look forward to working closely with you.  I have been in this office now for three […]

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Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at United Nations Headquarters

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

  Following is a transcript of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson?s press conference held in New York, 2 October: It?s very good to be with you.  I know several of you from earlier incarnations in my former life and I look forward to working closely with you.  I have been in this office now for three […]

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Welcoming ?Steady Progress? in Sierra Leone, Peacebuilding Commission Urges Government to Build National Unity Ahead of Crucial November Elections

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

Foreign Minister Says Government ?Firmly Committed? to Peaceful, Credible Polls, as Commission Adopts Second Review of Outcome of 2009 High-Level Session Commending Sierra Leone for committing to peaceful, free and credible elections, the Peacebuilding Commission today stressed the need for national leadership and sustained international support in managing the root causes of conflict, addressing emerging […]

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General Assembly President, Closing Annual Debate, Commends Efforts to Stabilize World?s Increasing ?Geostrategic Volatility and Unpredictability?

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• 2 de outubro de 2012
• 1 horas de leitura

  Integrating Civilian Protection, Prevention of Genocide Concepts Into Contemporary Security Policy Spotlighted; Syrian Minister Speaks A week of thoughtful and constructive interventions by the General Assembly?s Member States ? nearly all of whom had touched on issues related to the theme of the sixty-seventh session, the peaceful settlement of disputes ? had catalyzed a […]

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Foreign Ministers Urge Member States to Take Charge of Efforts Aimed at Strengthening Multilateral System as General Debate Continues

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• 29 de setembro de 2012
• 54 min. de leitura

  Speakers Stress Rule of Law, Security Council Reform amid Escalating Crises Foreign Ministers of small nations today called on Member States to take responsibility for strengthening the international multilateral system through respect for the rule of law and with the United Nations at its centre, to overcome global security, human rights, economic, environmental and […]

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General Assembly Seized with ?War on Climate Change? as Island Nations Warn Political Cowardice Leaves Them One Strong Hurricane away from Collapse

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• 29 de setembro de 2012
• 1 horas de leitura

  Caribbean Nation:  Some Member States May Simply Vanish; Pacific Island State :  ?Rising Tide May Lift All Boats, but It Will Drown Us? With their countries locked in a life-and-death struggle against climate change ? a battle they were currently losing ? leaders of some of the world?s smallest and most vulnerable nations today […]

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Shared Goal of Middle East Peace at Centre of General Assembly Debate, but Leaders Chart Divergent Paths to Its Achievement

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• 29 de setembro de 2012
• 2 horas de leitura

  Palestinian Authority to Modify Bid for Upgraded Status at UN; Israel Says Time to Halt Iran?s Nuclear Weapon Programme by Drawing ?Red Line? through It In a move intended to bolster the chances forpeace, Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, announced in the General Assembly today that his Government would seek status for […]