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Strong Policies, Effective Advocacy, Offer Only Way to Win Space in Which Women, Girls Can Flourish, Secretary-General Tells Beijing Review Event

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)/Equality Now event in celebration of the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Declaration, delivered by Rachel Mayanja, the Secretary-General?s Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, in New York, today, 5 March: The Secretary-General […]

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Press Conference by Permanent Mission of France on Progress in Revoking Laws That Discriminate against Women

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

  Calling for the speedy establishment of a United Nations-backed mechanism to monitor and investigate laws discriminating on the basis of gender, the head of the global civil society organization Equality Now said at Headquarters today that ensuring equality before the law would go a long way towards ending the legal discrimination that still condemned […]

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Press Conference by Permanent Mission to United Nations on Situation in Chile

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

Having suffered an earthquake of ?historical proportions?, Chile was returning to normality though it faced huge reconstruction needs, Heraldo Muñoz, the country?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference today. ?Chile?s standing up; we?re recuperating slowly,? said Mr. Muñoz, who was joined by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and Amir […]

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Press Conference on ?MASSIVEGOOD?, Innovative Health Financing Initiative

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

Starting today, travellers in the United States purchasing tickets, booking a hotel room or renting a car online can save a child from malaria with five clicks of the mouse, organizers of the new micro-contribution initiative ?MASSIVEGOOD? said today. Addressing a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Permanent Mission of France, Bernard Salomé, Managing Director […]

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Press Conference by Inter-Parliamentary Union on ?World Map of Women in Politics 2010?

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

  Women office-holders were making steady progress in the political arena, but not nearly enough, said Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), at the launch of a poster-sized map entitled ?The World Map of Women in Politics 2010?, issued by the IPU today alongside findings from a recent survey on progress and setbacks of […]

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Press Conference on Institutional Mechanisms for Promoting Gender Equality, Women?s Empowerment in Ghana

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

  Constant assessment and improvement of institutions were critically important for the empowerment of women, Ghana?s Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs said today. ?Our Ministry recognizes the importance of having appropriate institutional mechanisms and effective collaboration and coordination processes to get the desired results,? Minister Juliana Azumah-Mensah said at a Headquarters press conference.  ?Therefore […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Following Visit to Afghanistan

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

  The protection of civilians and children in Afghanistan had become a matter of great concern, especially the killing and maiming of children, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, told correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters upon her return from a visit to that country. She said that, according to […]

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?Standing Up for Women?s Rights and Development Is Standing Up for the Global Good,? Deputy Secretary-General Tells Women?s Commission at Session?s Opening

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

Results Clear 15 Years after Beijing ? More and More People Realize Gender Equality Key to Development, Peace, Security, High-level Segment Hears Fifteen years after world leaders adopted the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality and women?s empowerment, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro urged Government ministers to replicate successful policies and […]

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Budget Committee Takes Up Report of Joint Inspection Unit, as It Begins Three-Week Resumed Session

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

  The Fifth Committee (Budgetary and Administrative) today began the first part of its resumed session, expected to last three weeks, approving the first week of its programme of work and taking up the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2009 and programme of work for 2010. The Unit?s report was introduced by Gérard […]

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Member States Focus on Imposition, Impact of Sanctions as Special Committee on United Nations Charter Opens 2010 Session

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

  Delegates also Debate Need for International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion Opening its 2010 session today, the Special Committee charged with weighing proposals to enhance the United Nations Charter heard from more than a dozen delegations on the application and impact of sanctions and on assistance to third States affected by them. It also […]