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Tenth United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names, Aimed at Ensuring Accurate Use of Names in Communication, Opens in New York

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• 30 de julho de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  NEW YORK, 31 July (United Nations Statistics Division) ? Worldwide geographical names standards designed to promote the consistent and accurate use of names are important in meeting the everyday needs of international, national and regional communication, whether it be in the service of commerce, transport and administration or international relations, search and rescue and […]

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Secretary-General Assembles High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda, Appointing 26 Members of Government, Civil Society, Private Sector

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• 30 de julho de 2012
• 8 min. de leitura

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the members of a High-level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals. The Secretary-General has appointed three co-Chairs:  President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia; and Prime Minister David Cameron of […]

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Secretary-General Outlines Messages He Took to G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Introduces Mexico?s Vice-Minister to Brief General Assembly in Detail

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• 30 de julho de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the General Assembly on the Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit, in New York, 31 July: I am pleased to see you all so soon after my visit to China, South-Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom.  It was a successful trip.  In China, I had intensive discussions […]

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Secretary-General Disappointed at Inability of Conference on Arms Trade Treaty to Agree on Text, but Says ‘Considerable Common Ground’ on Which to Build

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• 29 de julho de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  The following statement was issued by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: I am disappointed that the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) concluded its four-week-long session without agreement on a treaty text that would have set common standards to regulate the international trade in conventional arms. The Conference’s inability to conclude […]

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Concluding 2012 Substantive Session, Economic and Social Council Adopts Texts on Conference Follow-up, Least Developed Countries, Human Settlements

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• 47 min. de leitura

  ?Let?s Be Bold,? Says Council President Milo? Koterec (Slovakia), Urging Members to ?Build on Session?s Achievements? to Shape ?New Vision? for Body?s Work The Economic and Social Council wrapped up its 2012 substantive session today with the adoption of nine resolutions and five decisions on a range of topics ? from women?s empowerment to […]

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Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Ends Session by Adopting Observations, Recommendations Arising from Eight Country Reports

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded its work today by adopting observations and recommendations arising from its consideration of eight country reports that it took up during its fifty-second session. Under consideration during the three-week session were periodic reports submitted by the Governments of Guyana, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, […]

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Despite Reservations, General Assembly Endorses Rio+20 Outcome Document; Will Study Modalities for Its Implementation, Budgetary Implications

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  The responsibility now rested on the world to demonstrate its deep commitment to translating sustainable development into concrete results, according to the much-anticipated ?Rio+20? draft resolution adopted unanimously by the General Assembly today. Member States, despite reservations, endorsed the outcome document, which had been the result of intense negotiations at the United Nations Conference […]

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Secretary-General Says Message of Olympic Truce ? for Nations to Set Aside Differences, Place Harmony Over Hostility ? ?Dream on Which the United Nations is Built?

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks at an event on the Olympic Truce and Sport for Social Change, in London 27 July: Thank you, Foreign Secretary [William] Hague for your leadership and vision for the Olympic Truce through which we promote world peace and security. Ladies and Gentlemen, Lord [Michael] Bates, it?s a pleasure […]

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Secretary-General, in Video Message, Calls for Honouring of Olympic Truce

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message for the Olympic Games and Truce today, 27 July: I am Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of The United Nations. The United Nations and the Olympic Movement bring countries together.  We believe in peace.  That is why we proclaim an Olympic Truce. I call on warring parties everywhere to lay […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes One Individual from Its Sanctions List

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• 28 de julho de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  On 26 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.  The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the […]