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Secretary-General Appoints D. Stephen Mathias of United States Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed D. Stephen Mathias of the United States as Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. He succeeds Peter Taksøe-Jensen in the position.  The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Taksøe-Jensen for his dedication and commitment to the Organization during his term as Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. In this position […]

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Press Conference by Equatorial Guinea

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

  Responding to criticism of Equatorial Guinea?s recent execution of four men accused of an armed attack on the country?s presidential palace last year, the country?s Ambassador said this afternoon that the procedure was constitutional and necessary in the face of repeated violent threats against the State that began when domestic oil started flowing. ?The […]

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General Assembly Launches Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons; Secretary-General Says Partnership Only Way to End ‘Slavery in the Modern Age’

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• 31 de agosto de 2010
• 6 min. de leitura

  Assembly President Says ‘Heinous Crime’ Cannot Be Accepted in Today’s World With thousands of people forced into labour, servitude or the sex trade each year, the General Assembly formally launched the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons today, one month after its adoption as a consensus resolution outlining the terms of […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Somalia

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• 31 de agosto de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following press statement on Somalia was issued today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu on 30 August, which resulted in the death of four African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers. The members […]

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Security Council Committee Concerning Democratic Republic of the Congo Updates List of Individuals and Entities Subject to Travel Ban, Assets Freeze

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• 31 de agosto de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

  On 13 August 2010, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo updated the List of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban and assets freeze imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005) as renewed by paragraph 3 of resolution 1896 […]

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United Nations Meeting to Review Disability Convention Progress, Discuss Impact of Conflicts, Humanitarian Crises on Persons with Disabilities

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• 31 de agosto de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will raise awareness of persons with disabilities in situation of risk and humanitarian emergencies when they meet this week in New York to undertake their periodical review of the implementation of the Convention. States bound by the disability convention, along […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict

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• 31 de agosto de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  In the wake of the latest incidents of mass sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, perpetrators must be held to account and the response of the United Nations must be improved, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said this afternoon. ?The time when sexual violence is […]

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Security Council Extends Mandate of Force in Lebanon until 31 August 2011, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1937 (2010)

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• 30 de agosto de 2010
• 9 min. de leitura

  Expresses Deep Concern Over 3 August Exchange of Fire between Israel, Lebanon; Urges Work towards Permanent Ceasefire, as Envisioned in Resolution 1701 (2006) The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year, calling strongly on all parties to respect the Blue Line, the cessation […]

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Non-Governmental Organizations at UN Conference in Australia Discuss Ways to Upend Intractable Challenges to Global Health, Redefine Relationships with Governments

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• 30 de agosto de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

  (Received from a UN Information Officer.) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 30 August — Broad agreement emerged this afternoon during a round table discussion at the Australia DPI/NGO Conference that non-governmental organizations were uniquely positioned to confront the intractable challenges to global health; but while they increasingly filled gaps around the world, they could not fill those […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes Independent Review of Climate Change Panel’s Working Practices, Stresses ‘Fundamental Science on Climate Change Remains Sound’

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• 30 de agosto 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 welcomes the independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conducted by the InterAcademy Council, which was released this morning.   The Secretary-General expresses his gratitude to the InterAcademy Council for conducting this fully independent review of […]