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As Two-Day Dialogue Concludes, General Assembly President Says ?Wealth of Ideas? Put Forward Will Be Important Input for September Summit on Anti-Poverty Goals

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• 24 de março de 2010
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Round Tables Address Financial System Reform; Impact of Financial Crisis On Foreign Direct Investment; Role of Development Cooperation in Leveraging Resources With the global economy beginning a slow and uneven recovery from a period of immense turmoil, the United Nations had an important role to play in ensuring a robust and inclusive intergovernmental process to […]

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United Nations Seminar on Assistance to Palestinian People Analyses Current State, Future of Economy

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• 24 de março de 2010
• 14 min. de leitura

Participants also Discuss Early Recovery, Reconstruction of Gaza (Received from a UN Information Officer.) VIENNA, 24 March — Five experts today addressed the current socio-economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the urgent need to bring relief and reconstruction to the Gaza Strip, during the first plenary meeting of the United […]

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Latest Announcement of Approval for Jerusalem Settlements ?Unacceptable?, Secretary-General Says in Security Council Briefing on Middle East

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• 24 de março de 2010
• 10 min. de leitura

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s briefing to the Security Council on the situation on the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, in New York today, 24 March: I welcome this opportunity to brief the Security Council at this important juncture in our work for peace in the Middle East.  As you know, I […]

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International Civil Service under Constant Attack, Says United Nations Staff Union, Calling on Member States to Do More for Protection of Civilian Personnel

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• 24 de março de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

United Nations civilian personnel continue to be arrested and detained around the world by vengeful actors in proxy fights that have nothing to do with them, Staff Union President Stephen Kisambira said on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed on 25 March. The constant […]

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Gaza Closure Unacceptable, Unsustainable, Counterproductive, Secretary-General Tells United Nations Seminar on Assistance to Palestinian People

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• 24 de março de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, delivered by Maxwell Gaylard, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in Vienna today, 24 March: It is my pleasure to send greetings […]

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Press Conference by World Health Organization to Introduce New Goodwill Ambassador for ?Stop TB Partnership?

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• 24 de março de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  The world?s failure to control and eradicate tuberculosis — a disease that has been around for more than 4,000 years — was a human disgrace, Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the World Health Organization?s (WHO) ?Stop TB Partnership?, said at Headquarters today. At a press conference to introduce pop star Craig David as the […]

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High-Level Dialogue Hears Call for Reinvigorated Development Partnerships to Reverse Impact of Global Economic Crisis

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• 23 de março de 2010
• 1 horas de leitura

  Secretary-General, General Assembly President Call Attention to Suffering in Poor Countries Despite Nascent Economic Recovery High-level officials representing international organizations and Member States called today for a reinvigoration of development partnerships to reverse the effects of the world economic crisis and meet the impending deadlines for attaining internationally-agreed development goals. Opening the fourth High-level […]

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Sustainable Management of Water Resources Vital to Achieving Anti-Poverty Goals Delegates Told, As General Assembly High-Level Dialogue Marks World Water Day

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• 23 de março de 2010
• 49 min. de leitura

Three Panels Address:  ?Water and the Millennium Development Goals?; ?Water, Climate Change and Disasters?; and ?Water and Peace and Security? Foreseeing new challenges in the equitable and peaceful management of shared water resources, officials today at a high-level interactive dialogue held to observe World Water Day urged that ?bold? and ?holistic? solutions be discussed to […]

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Youth Unemployment Poses ?Latent Threat? to Sierra Leone?s Stability, Top Officials Warn in Security Council Briefing

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• 23 de março de 2010
• 13 min. de leitura

  Sacking of Ministers Hailed as ?Strong Signal? in Anti-corruption Efforts While improvements in Sierra Leone?s political climate were seen as inching the country towards eventual sustainable development, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council today that the magnitude and political significance of youth unemployment posed a latent risk of instability in the West […]

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Exhibition Commemorating Victims of Slavery, Transatlantic Slave Trade Opens at United Nations Headquarters, 24 March

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• 23 de março de 2010
• 2 min. de leitura

  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador’s Caucus and the African Union, in association with the United Nations Department of Public Information, will open an exhibition titled 400 Years of Struggle:  for Freedom and Culture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 March in the South Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby at United Nations Headquarters. To be launched […]