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Secretary-General Appoints Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania as Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme

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• 1 de agosto de 2013
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  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Mr. Thiaw will succeed Amina Mohamed of Kenya, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her outstanding contribution and exceptional service to UNEP. Mr. Thiaw brings to the […]

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General Assembly Appoints Japanese Envoy to Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

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• 1 de agosto de 2013
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  Convening briefly this morning, the General Assembly appointed Toshihiro Aiki ( Japan) to fill a vacancy on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, which had arisen due to the recent resignation of one of its members. Appointed by consensus, Mr. Aiki will replace Akira Sugiyama ( Japan), whose resignation becomes effective on 12 August.  […]

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Statement by Middle East Quartet

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• 30 de julho de 2013
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  The following statement was issued today in New York by the Middle East Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union): The Quartet welcomes the announcement by United States Secretary of State John Kerry that direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians have resumed on 29 July, with senior negotiators from both sides […]

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Security Council 1988 Committee Updates Its Guidelines to Include Details for National Contact Point of Government of Afghanistan

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• 30 de julho de 2013
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  On 29 July 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved updates to the Guidelines of the Committee for the Conduct of its Work to include the contact details for the National Contact Point of the Government of Afghanistan: National Contact Point of the Government of the Islamic Republic of […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Turkish Embassy in Somalia

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• 29 de julho de 2013
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rosemary DiCarlo ( United States): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the suicide car bomb attack against one of the main buildings of the embassy of Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 27 July, which resulted in one death and […]

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International Day of Friendship, Says Secretary-General in Message, Reminder that Human Solidarity Essential to Promoting Lasting Peace

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• 25 de julho de 2013
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  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Friendship, 30 July: The International Day of Friendship is an important opportunity to confront the misunderstandings and distrust that underlie so many of the tensions and conflicts in today’s world.  It is a reminder that human solidarity is essential to promoting lasting peace […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani to Its Sanctions List, Amends Four Entries

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• 24 de julho de 2013
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  On 23 July 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) […]

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Secretary-General Welcomes New York Stock Exchange to United Nations Initiative as Signal of Importance of Sustainable Global Markets

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• 24 de julho de 2013
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  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the New York Stock Exchange Euronext event, in New York, 24 July: I am pleased to be here at this world-famous institution.  There are few better places than this trading floor for appreciating the realities of global economic activity and investment trends. […]

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Deputy Secretary-General, Welcoming General Assembly Resolution, Estimates Economic Losses Due to Poor Sanitation at $260 Billion

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• 24 de julho de 2013
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  Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement on the General Assembly’s Sanitation for All resolution: I am delighted and grateful that Member States have adopted a resolution officially designating 19 November as World Toilet Day.  I thank the Government of Singapore for its leadership on a crucially important global issue.  This new annual observance […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Entry of One Individual on Its Sanctions List

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• 22 de julho de 2013
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  On 19 July 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below on its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security […]