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Saying ‘An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Remedy,’ Secretary-General Calls for Strengthened Conflict Mediation Efforts at High-Level Meeting

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 36 min. de leitura

General Assembly President:  Mediation Inclusive, Bolsters Democratic Processes; Panel:  The Challenge of Coherence, Coordination, Complementarity during Mediation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Member States to strengthen individual and collective conflict mediation efforts through better coordination, funding and sharing of best practices, as high-level officials, academics, civil society leaders and others convened in an informal high-level […]

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On Africa Day, Secretary-General Pledges to Work with Leaders, People to Implement Agenda that Sets Continent on Path to Future that Benefits All Africans

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for Africa Day, 25 May: Each year, Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and Governments of Africa and to reaffirm the support of the United Nations for their efforts to build a better future. The United Nations commends Africa?s recent efforts to […]

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Observer Mission in Syria Serves Bravely to Keep Parties to Commitments to Cease Violence that Killed Thousands, Says Secretary-General on Day of Peacekeepers

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May: The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is an occasion to salute the 120,000 peacekeepers serving in 17 missions in some of the world?s most volatile and dangerous environments. This Day is also a time to mourn fallen peacekeepers.  In […]

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Secretary-General Tells Meeting on Mediation ‘The More We Deal with Conflict in Flexible, Thoughtful, Forward-looking Way, the More We Can Prevent It’

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, to the Informal High-level General Assembly Meeting on the Role of Member States in Mediation, 23 May, in New York: I would like to thank you for the initiative to convene this High-level General Assembly Meeting on the Role of Member States in Mediation.  You […]

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Press Conference on Launch of Online South-South Cooperation Exchange Mechanism

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

The concept of South-South cooperation was alive and well and moving into a more dynamic phase as Member States debated their ideas regarding which direction to take the concept going forward, the President of the United Nations High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation, John Ashe, said today at a Headquarters press conference in the lead-up to […]

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Proposal Rejected in Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to Close Application for Status of Group Alleged to Have Terrorist Ties

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• 23 de maio de 2012
• 24 min. de leitura

  Vote Required to Defer Consideration Of Sudan-Based Islamic African Relief Agency The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today voted to block the proposed closure of the application for consultative status of an organization alleged to have terrorist ties ? including financial links to Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network ? as delegates felt the […]

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Budget Committee Takes Up $8.77 Million Financing Proposal for Special Political Missions in Syria; Sudan and South Sudan

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• 22 de maio de 2012
• 15 min. de leitura

  Also Considers Plan for Construction of Criminal Tribunal Residual Mechanism in Arusha, Board of Auditors Report on Performance Audits As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) scrutinized the financing requirements for two special political missions today, delegates complained that the backstopping and support arrangements for such missions had to be considered in a more […]

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Concerned at Pace of Rio+20 Negotiations, Secretary-General Calls for Bold Action ?for the Sake of Our Planet and Our Children?, at Assembly Thematic Debate

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• 22 de maio de 2012
• 24 min. de leitura

  Panel I: How Can Rio+20 Foster the Global Development Agenda? Panel II: The Role of the General Assembly in Supporting the Rio+20 Objectives With the much-anticipated United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development just a month away, and with intergovernmental negotiations on an outcome mired in minutiae, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for […]

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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council for 26 Entities

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• 22 de maio de 2012
• 19 min. de leitura

Groups Deal with Range of Issues, Including Indigenous Peoples? Rights, Infant Mortality, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Assistance for People Living with Autism The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 26 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and postponed consideration of 26 more ? as well as of one request for reclassification of status ? […]

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Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Yesterday?s Attack against Mali?s President

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• 22 de maio de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns yesterday?s attack against Mali?s interim President Dioncounda Traoré.  The attack follows intense mediation efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aimed at restoring constitutional order in Mali.  The Secretary-General urges the Malian military and […]