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Cost of War in Africa Cancelled Out 15 Years of Development Aid; Must Set Sights Now on Preventive Diplomacy, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

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• 16 de julho de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Security Council?s open debate on preventive diplomacy in Africa, as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, in New York, today, 16 July:  Preventive diplomacy is an old art but it faces new and evolving challenges.  There is a pressing need to re-evaluate how […]

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Press Conference by South Africa?s Foreign Minister on Nelson Mandela Day

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• 16 de julho de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

As the United Nations marks its first Nelson Mandela International Day this weekend with events around the globe, South Africans will be celebrating the 18 July birthday of their nation?s father with a weekend of prayer and acts of goodwill, South Africa?s Foreign Minister told reporters at a press conference held at United Nations Headquarters today. […]

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Less Than 2 Per cent of Promised Reconstruction Aid for Quake-Devastated Haiti Delivered, Haitian Government Envoy Tells Economic and Social Council

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• 13 de julho de 2010
• 34 min. de leitura

  Speakers Weigh Lessons Learned at Special Event on Transitioning from Relief To Development in Haiti, Council Also Wraps Up General Debate of Operational Segment Six months after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince and left some 1.6 million Haitians homeless, less than 2 per cent of the $10 billion pledged to help rebuild the country had been received, […]

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Despite Recent Transformational Upheaval, Argentina Entrenches Women?s Convention in National Policies, Government Structures, Delegation Reports to Committee

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• 13 de julho de 2010
• 25 min. de leitura

Women?s Anti-Discrimination Committee Lauds Progress, but Questions Ill Treatment Of Women Detainees, Lack of Gender-Sensitive Training, Inadequate Data Collection Argentina, despite two economic crises in the past decade ? one domestic and one global ? and major political changes, had firmly rooted the Women?s Anti-Discrimination Convention in its national policies, governmental structures, educational and social […]

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Top Official, Briefing Security Council on West Africa, Attributes ?Significant Progress? amid Persistent Challenges to People?s Sacrifice, Regional Support

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

Amid daunting difficulties and persistent challenges, West Africa had made ?significant progress? in crisis prevention and peacebuilding over the past six months, due to the will of its people and the cooperation of regional institutions, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today. ?This progress has been achieved first and foremost thanks to […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in South Africa, 11-12 June

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• 13 de julho de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, early on the morning of Friday, 11 June, after an overnight flight from Cameroon. The Secretary-General first attended an official breakfast hosted by President Jacob Zuma for two dozen visiting Heads of State, who were in town to attend the […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Cameroon, 9-10 June

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Yaoundé, Cameroon, close to midnight on Wednesday, 9 June 2010, after a flight from Burundi. On the morning of Thursday, 10 June, the Secretary-General first met the United Nations country team and then United Nations staff. He then travelled to the Presidential Palace […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Burundi, 9 June

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

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Bujumbura, Burundi, close to midday on Wednesday, 9 June, after a flight from Johannesburg, South Africa. He first attended a working lunch with top officials from the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), and the heads of United Nations agencies based […]

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Press Conference on World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Making Cities Resilient’

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• 12 de julho de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  With 58 cities already committed to “Making Cities Resilient”, and 70 more preparing to participate, the campaign had made great progress, Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said at a Headquarters press conference today. “A resilient city,” said Ms. Wahlström, “is a city that is able to withstand and […]

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Press Conference by Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative to Mark Six-Month Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake

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• 12 de julho de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  Debris removal, freeing up funds for economic development and bolstering education were among the priority areas facing the Haitian people and the United Nations Mission in that country, Nigel Fisher, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, ad interim, said today. While the challenges were multipronged, jobs and schools were what people wanted most and […]