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Commission on Life-Saving Commodities Can Identify Bottlenecks Keeping Women, Children from Receiving Necessary Medicines, Supplies to Save Lives

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, 22 May, in New York: Last week, the United Nations issued an important report indicating that, over the past 20 years, the number of women who die from complications during pregnancy […]

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World Is Watching Rio+20, Says Secretary-General, Warning ‘We Cannot Let Microscopic Examination of Text Blind Us to the Big Picture’

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

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the informal thematic debate of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly on “The Road to Rio+20 and Beyond”, in New York, 22 May: Thank you for convening this important thematic debate.  Rio+20 is one month away.  We are one month from a once-in-a-generation opportunity to […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative for Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

The security situation in North and South Kivu remained generally volatile and with several armed groups operating in the region, continued fighting had resulted in significant displacement of civilians, both within Congo and across the border into Rwanda and Uganda, Roger Meece, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said. Addressing […]

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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, Opening Resumed Session, Recommends Consultative Status for 35 Applicants, Postpones Consideration of 10

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• 21 de maio de 2012
• 25 min. de leitura

  The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 35 entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and postponed consideration of 10 applications, as it resumed its 2012 session. General, special and roster status is granted in accordance with such criteria as the applicants’ mandate, governance and financial regime.  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) enjoying general and […]

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General Assembly Adopts Consensus Text Concerning Non-Governmental Organization Accreditation for Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference

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• 21 de maio de 2012
• 8 min. de leitura

Proposals to Defer and Amend Text Rejected by Recorded Vote The General Assembly this morning, after defeating two proposals put forward by Syria, found consensus and endorsed the Secretariat?s recommendations for the accreditation of non-governmental organizations and other major groups currently not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, but wishing to attend […]

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Secretary-General Says NATO Summit Should Signal International Partners Will Not Withdraw Support from Afghanistan as They Draw Down Military

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

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit meeting on Afghanistan, in Chicago, United States, 21 May: I come to this Summit with one overriding message:  We at the United Nations will continue to support the Afghan Government to the maximum of our ability. Afghanistan faces clear and […]

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Independent Audit Advisory Committee Concludes Eighteenth Session

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

  The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its eighteenth session from 14 to 16 May.  The session, which was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, was presided over by the Chairman, John F.S. Muwanga.  All the other members of the Committee, namely Adrian P. Strachan (Vice Chairman), Vadim V. […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Yemen

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• 21 de maio de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Agshin Mehdiyev ( Azerbaijan): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred in Sana?a on 21 May, causing numerous deaths and injuries.  They expressed their deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the victims of these heinous […]

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Security Council 1988 Committee Amends 13 Entries on Its Sanctions List

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• 20 de maio de 2012
• 7 min. de leitura

  On 18 May 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 Council […]

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?Let Us Leave Here with One Shared Goal,? Secretary-General Says at World Economy Debate: ?To Galvanize Global Support for Transformative Agenda for Change?

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s closing remarks to the high-level thematic debate on the ?State of the World Economy and Finance and Its Impact on Development?, 18 May, in New York: Thank you once again for attending this debate.  We have had a rich and illuminating discussion.  Our challenge is to take the best […]