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?Most Pressing Realities? of Non-Self-Governing Territories Examined, Prospects for Decolonization Assessed, as Pacific Regional Seminar Concludes in Ecuador

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• 3 de junho de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

(Received from a UN Information Officer.) QUITO, ECUADOR, 1 June ? As the three-day Pacific Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism drew to a close today, the Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Diego Morejón-Pazmiño of Ecuador, said participants had had the opportunity […]

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Civil Society’s Role in Ending Israeli Occupation Spotlighted at United Nations Meeting in Paris on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

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• 3 de junho de 2012
• 9 min. de leitura

  Participants Call for End to Occupation before Normalization (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 1 June — Civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel must play a more active role to bring about a just, stable peace in the region, speakers said today during the day-long United Nations Meeting of […]

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Discussion at Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Focuses on Challenges, Opportunities for Non-Self-Governing Territories

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• 3 de junho de 2012
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  QUITO, ECUADOR, 31 May ? On its second day, the Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Third International Decade for Eradication of Colonialism discussed the challenges and opportunities in the decolonization process of the Non-Self-Governing Territories. At the opening of the meeting, WILMA REVERON?COLLAZO, Puerto Rico, drew the participants? attention to some matters of […]

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In Istanbul, Secretary-General Urges World Community to Give Meaning to Conference ?by Working for Our Vision of a Peaceful and Prosperous Somalia?

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• 3 de junho de 2012
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  Following are the closing remarks of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Istanbul II Conference on Somalia, in Istanbul, 1 June: I am very heartened by what I have heard today.  Somalia?s friends are here in force.  Many of the points I raised in my opening statement have been reinforced. First, we reaffirmed that the […]

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Meeting of States Parties to United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea to Be Held at Headquarters, 4?11 June

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• 3 de junho de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  The twenty-second Meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 4 to 11 June. Often referred to as ?the Constitution for the oceans?, the landmark Convention was adopted on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994.  Its […]

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Security Council 1988 Committee Amends Eight Entries on Its Sanctions List

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• 3 de junho de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  On 1 June 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security […]

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Press Conference by Permanent Mission of Somalia on Ending Country?s Transition

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• 3 de junho de 2012
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A broad commitment to the ?rebirth of Somalia? had been evident in Istanbul, where business leaders, civil society representatives, traditional elders and international partners had been meeting since yesterday to discuss the end of that country?s transition process, said a top official from the Somali Permanent Mission to the United Nations at a Headquarters press […]

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Press Conference by Non-Governmental Organizations on Rio+20

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• 3 de junho de 2012
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  Nations meeting in Rio this month must come together on ambitious sustainable development goals backed by specific implementation agreements to ensure the survival of oceans, the decent subsistence of farmers whose fields were drying up and other urgent priorities, representatives of non-governmental organizations said this morning. ?We need to see a real global rescue […]

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Future of Peacekeeping Missions, Refugees, Illicit Drug Traffic among Top Issues, as Security Council Briefed on Trip to Liberia, Côte d?Ivoire, Sierra Leone

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• 31 de maio de 2012
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The future of United Nations peacekeeping missions in West Africa, as well as refugees, illicit drug traffic and other cross-border concerns and domestic challenges such as youth unemployment and disputed land ownership were among the top issues reviewed by Security Council members on their recent mission to the region, mission leaders said this morning. United […]

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Secretary-General Commends Launch of Foundation for Digital United Nations

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• 31 de maio de 2012
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  Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message for the launch of ?The Foundation for a Digital United Nations?, in New York, 31 May: Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters for the Social Innovation Summit.  I thank Landmark Ventures and all our other […]