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Secretary-General Demands Full Justice, Due Process for Victims, in Message to Mark Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed 25 March: The International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members has taken on even greater importance in recent years, as attacks against the United Nations intensify.  This is a day to […]

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Spare Vulnerable Countries Onerous Aid Conditions, ‘Burdensome’ External Debt, Secretary-General Urges in Remarks to Dialogue on Financing for Development

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York today, 23 March: I am pleased to address this high-level meeting on Financing for Development. Before I begin, I would like to welcome the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Tajikistan, Mr. Oqil Oqilov. As we […]

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Press Conference on Resumed Session of Assembly of State Parties to Rome Statute of International Criminal Court

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

  ?We are coming to an important juncture in the fight against impunity and those who commit aggressive wars,? said the Director of a network of 1,300 lawmakers from 117 countries from all regions of the world at a Headquarters press conference today, on the margins of the resumed session of the Assembly of States Parties to […]

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Press Conference by Prime Minister of Tajikistan on Millennium Development Goals Award

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

  The Prime Minister of Tajikistan, Oqil Oqilov, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today that, despite the financial, energy and other difficulties his country faced, the Government was determined to overcome its problems and gradually utilize the entire potential of the country for achieving the global development goals on a timely basis. Accepting […]

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Press Conference to Introduce Costa Rica?s Candidate for Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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

Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica?s nominee for Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said today that she intended to bring her more than 15 years? experience of working on climate change issues to bear should her bid succeed. Ms. Figueres said at a Headquarters press conference that she agreed with the Secretary-General?s […]

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New Zealand Says ?Our Commitment to Human Rights and Our Record? Clear, as Human Rights Committee Takes Up Country?s Fifth Periodic Report

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• 15 de março de 2010
• 36 min. de leitura

Delegation Describes Recent Steps to Further Strengthen Protections; Experts? Concerns: Use of Tasers, Disproportionate Number of Maori in Prison While affirming his country?s ?unique but robust constitutional structure?, which afforded opportunities for engagement with human rights protections across all Government institutions and among all citizens, the Minister of Justice of New Zealand, addressing a panel […]

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Newly Elected Chairman of Disarmament Commission Encourages ?Positive Spirit? at Upcoming Session; Delegates Seek to Build on Momentum of Past Session

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

The United Nations Disarmament Commission, ahead of its 2010 substantive session slated for 29 March to 16 April, today elected Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou (Benin) as Chair, who urged that members ?look at the future with a positive spirit?. ?The 2010 international disarmament calendar has a number of important events, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty review in May,? said […]

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?We Must Not Fail the Billions Who Look to the International Community to Fulfil Promise of Millennium Declaration,? Says Secretary-General in New Report

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• 15 de março de 2010
• 5 min. de leitura

With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for the adoption of a global action agenda for accelerating progress towards the Goals, when world leaders meet for a United Nations summit in New York, from 20 to 22 September. ?We must not […]

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Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Envoy, Takahisa Kawakami, in Timor-Leste

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• 15 de março de 2010
• 1 min. de leitura

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Takahisa Kawakami, my Deputy Special Representative for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).  Mr. Kawakami passed away overnight in his […]

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Seoul Conference to Stress Critical Role of Sustainable Public Transit in Providing Economic, Social, Quality-of-Life Benefits

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

  NEW YORK, 15 March (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) ‑‑ The well-integrated system of buses, subways and trains in Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea, will highlight the health, economic and quality-of-life benefits of a sustainable public transport system during a meeting in that city on 16‑17 March. At a time when more people […]