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Palestine?s Permanent Observer Informs Palestinian Rights Committee Quartet Has Invited Israel, Palestinians to Begin Direct Negotiations 2 September

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• 20 de agosto de 2010
• 8 min. de leitura

  Announcement Comes as Committee Meets in Regular Session; also Discusses Situation on Ground in Occupied Territory, Political Developments in Past Seven Weeks The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations informed the Palestinian Rights Committee this morning that the Middle East Quartet had just minutes earlier released a statement inviting the Israeli and […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Pakistan, 15 August

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Islamabad on the morning of 15 August, after a flight from New York and a brief overnight stop in Dubai. The Secretary-General was accompanied and briefed by Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the flight from Dubai and was met on arrival in Islamabad by Foreign Minister Makhdoom […]

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Secretary-General Thanks Governments for Pledging More Than $200 million to Boost Pakistan Relief Efforts

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• 20 de agosto de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

  The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today: Yesterday and today, countries from around the world have come out strongly in solidarity and support for the people of Pakistan.  I want to thank governments for pledging more than $200 million to boost relief efforts.  The generosity of countries and individuals will make […]

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UN DPI/NGO Conference in Australia to Attract Unprecedented Number of Workshops, Wide Range of Round Tables on Global Health Goals, 30 August ? 1 September

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

As planning for the United Nations Sixty-Third DPI/NGO Conference continues apace, registration numbers are presently higher than in previous years and attention is now focused on the programme for this flagship United Nations-non-governmental organization event, which, this time, has set for itself the twin goal of galvanizing support for improving global health and achieving the […]

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General Assembly Calls for Strengthened Emergency Relief to Meet Pakistan?s Urgent Needs after Massive Destruction Caused by Unprecedented, Devastating Floods

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• 19 de agosto de 2010
• 49 min. de leitura

  Secretary-General Briefs on Visit, Says Disaster Test for Global Solidarity; World Must Act, So ?This Natural Disaster Does Not Become a Man-Made Catastrophe? With the international community only now beginning to comprehend the true scope of the devastation in flood-ravaged Pakistan, the United Nations General Assembly today expressed full solidarity with the Pakistani people, […]

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Secretary-General tells General Assembly Pakistan’s Disaster from Devastating Floods ‘One of the Greatest Tests of Global Solidarity in Our Times’

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on 19 August: Thank you for coming together for the people of Pakistan. Visiting Pakistan, on Sunday, I was honoured to carry with me the sympathy and solidarity of the world, of all of you. This is what I saw:  Village after village […]

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Security Council 1737 Committee Issues Updated Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities

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• 19 de agosto de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

  On 19 August 2010, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) issued its updated Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and/or the assets freeze. This List now reflects the names designated via Security Council resolution 1929 (2010) of 9 June 2010.  It is available on the […]

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At World Day Ceremony, Secretary-General Says Humanitarian Workers: ?the Face of the Best That Is Within Us, Acting in Solidarity with Those Who Are Suffering?

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks on World Humanitarian Day, observed 19 August: We just had a brief but very solemn ceremony remembering our fallen colleagues seven years ago in Baghdad.  They are not the only ones, unfortunately.  We have lost so many colleagues, so many humanitarian workers.  Our thoughts are always with those […]

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Press Conference by Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan

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

  The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan called on donors Thursday to massively scale up aid to that flood-ravaged country in order to prevent a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe. As of Wednesday, the United Nations and its non-governmental organization partners in the Pakistan Emergency Response Plan had received $239 million, just over half of the $459 million […]

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Secretary-General Appoints Zachary Muburi-Muita of Kenya Head of United Nations Office to African Union

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• 18 de agosto de 2010
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  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today announced the appointment of Zachary Muburi-Muitaof Kenya as the Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union which was established by the General Assembly on 1 July 2010. Mr. Muburi-Muitabrings to this position many years of considerable diplomatic, political, civil-military and management skills and experience from his […]