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World’s Business Leaders, in New York Declaration, Vow to Strengthen Efforts to Build Sustainable, Inclusive Economy, as Global Compact Summit Concludes

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• 25 de junho de 2010
• 11 min. de leitura

  Say ‘The Need for Responsibility and Leadership Has Never Been Greater’; Declaration Includes a ‘Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership’ As the third Global Compact Leader’s Summit concluded this afternoon, more than 1,200 corporate executives, Government ministers, civil society leaders and other participants vowed to step up their efforts to build a sustainable and inclusive […]

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Concluding Session, Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Proposing Third International Decade for Eradication of Colonialism

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• 25 de junho de 2010
• 6 min. de leitura

  Members also Pass Draft Decision Proposing 14 December As Day to Commemorate Fiftieth Anniversary of Historic Declaration Concluding its 2010 session, the Special Committee on Decolonization unanimously approved today a draft resolution, which, if adopted by the General Assembly, would pave the way for the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism beginning […]

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At Korean War Anniversary Event, Secretary-General Offers Thanks for Sacrifice of UN Soldiers That Came to His Country’s Rescue — ‘You Gave us Our Freedom’

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• 25 de junho de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a Korean War anniversary event, in New York, 23 June: Today, I see the world through the eyes of a six-year old.  I was six years old in 1950 when the Korean War broke out. I was like every other six-year old child — full of […]

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Secretary-General Stresses Importance of Peaceful Election in Guinea, Reaffirms United Nations Support to Transitional Process

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• 25 de junho 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 stresses the importance of the peaceful conduct of Guinea’s presidential elections scheduled to take place on 27 June 2010.  He calls on Guinea’s national authorities, all political stakeholders, civil society and the electorate to continue to contribute towards a […]

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United Nations Publications Go Mobile

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• 25 de junho de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

  The United Nations announced today the release of United Nations e-book applications for the iPhone and the iPad, as well as e-books for Amazon’s Kindle, that will give users easy access to offline reading and reference on global issues. The release coincides with the sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, […]

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Closing Press Conference for Global Compact Leaders Summit

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• 25 de junho de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  On many fronts — its peace and security, development and humanitarian agendas included — the United Nations was partnering with the private sector in new and diverse ways to more efficiently tackle some of the world’s most entrenched problems, said Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning. At a press briefing […]

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Economic and Social Council, in Special Event, Considers Ways to Optimize Coordination, Coherence of Actions Supporting Beleaguered Haiti

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• 24 de junho de 2010
• 11 min. de leitura

  Representatives of United Nations System Entities, International Partners Report on Helping Nation ?Build Back Better? Meeting in a special event on the beleaguered nation of Haiti today, the Economic and Social Council heard updates on the start-up last week of the Interim Haitian Reconstruction Commission and the steering committee for its companion fund, and […]

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Special Committee on Decolonization Recommends General Assembly Reiterate Call for Resumption of Negotiations over Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

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• 24 de junho de 2010
• 28 min. de leitura

  Members Approve Text after Hearing Petitioners, Argentine Foreign Minister After hearing petitioners on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) as well as a statement by the Foreign Minister of Argentina, the Special Committee on Decolonization recommended today that the General Assembly reiterate its call for direct negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom […]

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World?s Business Leaders Coming to Understand ?Principles and Profits Two Sides of Same Coin,? Says Secretary-General, as Global Compact Summit Opens

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• 24 de junho de 2010
• 24 min. de leitura

  First Plenary Focuses on ?Setting the Sustainability Agenda?; In Second ?Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership? Introduced Businesses and global corporations were stepping up their efforts to become more ethical, sustainable and responsible at just the right moment, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, hailing good corporate citizenship as one of the keys to […]

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Companies, Like Countries, Can Be Asked to Act in Principled Way, Says Deputy Secretary-General, Welcoming Ministerial Statement at Global Compact Summit

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• 24 de junho de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro?s closing remarks at the ministerial session of the Global Compact Leaders Summit, yesterday, in New York:  The Ministerial Statement you have agreed is a strong and timely articulation of your support for corporate responsibility and private sector engagement in development.  In it you have also provided guidance […]