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Committee on NGOs Recommends 1 Group for Consultative Status, Closes 9 Applications While Postponing Consideration of 25 Others

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• 2 de fevereiro de 2010
• 17 min. de leitura

  It also Takes Note of 170 Quadrennial Reports The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended one entity for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, postponed its consideration of 25 applications and closed nine without prejudice. Taking note of 170 quadrennial reports, while postponing its consideration of 15 others, the 19-member Committee […]

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World Free of Nuclear Weapons ‘Tangible Goal That Can, and Must, Be Achieved’, Says Secretary-General, in Message to ‘Global Zero’ Summit

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• 2 de fevereiro de 2010
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  Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Zero World Summit in Paris, 2 February: I am delighted to add my voice to yours. I send my very best wishes to all the experts, activists, students, and leaders who have come together to make this event possible.  Though […]

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Press Conference on ?The Power of Muze Concert: A Prelude to Human Security?

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• 2 de fevereiro de 2010
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Announcing a concert in support of United Nations human security initiatives at a Headquarters press conference this morning, a humanitarian official expressed the hope that the event would kick-off global awareness of a people-centred approach to global problems. ?The United Nations, as a gathering of sovereign States, has tended to see any issue from the […]

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Secretary-General Appoints Major General Natalio C. Ecarma of Philippines Head of Mission, Force Commander of United Nations Disengagement Force

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• 1 de fevereiro de 2010
• Menos de um minuto

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major General Natalio C. Ecarma of the Philippines as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).  Major General Ecarma will succeed Major General Wolfgang Jilke of Austria.  The Secretary-General is grateful to Major General Jilke for his outstanding service and leadership […]

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Press Conference by Acting Special Representative on Situation in Haiti

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

  Describing the humanitarian situation in Haiti as the “main absolute priority”, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country said today that the United Nations was working hard to address it through a complex water and food distribution effort aimed at feeding 2 million people before the end of February. Edmond Mulet, Acting Special Representative […]

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Committee on NGOs Recommends Consultative Status for 8 Groups, Reclassification for Another, Postpones Consideration of 34 Applications

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• 1 de fevereiro de 2010
• 12 min. de leitura

  Members Support Request for Withdrawal of Status for 1 Organization The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended eight entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and the reclassification of another, and postponed consideration of 30 applications. In other decisions, the 19-member Committee recommended the withdrawal of consultative status from one […]

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Commission?s 2010 Session to Promote Social Integration, Examine Obstacles Hindering Goal of ?Society for All?, 3-12 February

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• 1 de fevereiro de 2010
• 3 min. de leitura

  The Commission for Social Development is to address social integration when it holds its forty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters from 3 to 12 February. Fifteen years after Governments made a commitment to promote social integration at the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, the Commission will explore why the goal of creating […]

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Deputy Secretary-General Says High Seas Beyond National Jurisdiction Badly in Need of Protection, Urges Working Group to Find Ecosystem Based Approach to Governance

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• 1 de fevereiro de 2010
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  Following is Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s statement to the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction in New York, 1 February: I congratulate Ambassador Kohona of Sri Lanka and Ms. Lijnzaad of the Netherlands on their […]

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United Nations Headquarters to Host Meeting Aimed at Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Development Decisions, 1 February

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• 31 de janeiro de 2010
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  A one-day meeting will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, 1 February, to accelerate the pace by which decisions on sustainable development are turned into action. Convened by the Division for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the meeting will bring together Government representatives, […]

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General Assembly Working Group to Study Conservation, Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdictions, 1-5 February

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• 31 de janeiro de 2010
• 4 min. de leitura

  NEW YORK, 29 January (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — A Working Group established by the United Nations General Assembly will meet from 1 to 5 February in New York to consider how to continue and strengthen efforts aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national […]