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Few Horrors More Painful than History of Slavery, Yet Music of African Diaspora Reminder Spirit of Human Soul Cannot Be Conquered, Says Secretary-General

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• 17 de maio de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

(Delayed in transmission.) Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s video message for the Headquarters concerts on Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York, 15 May: Your Excellency, Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Raymond Wolfe of Jamaica, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the United Nations. Tonight, we celebrate resisters, […]

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Permanent Indigenous Forum Takes Up Range of Issues Related to Working Methods, Including Report on Ways to Enhance Implementation of Recommendations

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• 16 de maio de 2012
• 13 min. de leitura

  Other Reports Concern Trust Fund for Second Decade, State Duty to Protect Indigenous Impacted by Transnational Corporations; Concludes Human Rights Debate Meeting to consider a range of matters related to its working methods, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today heard its members present the results of several reports that aimed to assist the […]

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Briefing Palestinian Rights Committee, Key Negotiator in Peace Talks Says 2012 on Track to Becoming ?Year of Political Vacuum?

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• 16 de maio de 2012
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  Palestinian Development and Reconstruction Minister Says Israel Engaged In ?Confidence-Destroying Measures?, Leading to Erosion of Two-State Solution The lack of confidence-building measures on the ground, as well as the absence of a time frame in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, were among the challenges making the possibility of a two-State solution ?slimmer every day?,a key […]

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Secretary-General Says Rio+20 ?Once-in-a-Generation Moment?, Chance for World Leaders to Rise above Differences, Show True Global Leadership

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• 16 de maio de 2012
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the high-level debate on the ?State of the World Economy and Finance and Its Impact on Development?, in New York, 17 May: We meet during testing times.  Every day, we read about the ongoing crisis in the euro zone.  Elsewhere, people speak of ?recovery? ? but it […]

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Secretary-General Says, in Message, with Little More than 1 Per Cent of Marine Environments Protected, Rio+20 Must Galvanize Action to Better Manage Oceans

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

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May: Oceans cover almost three quarters of the surface area of the globe.  They are home to the largest animal known to have lived on the planet ? the blue whale ? as well as billions upon billions of the tiniest […]

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Central America Travelled Long Road to Peace, Says Secretary-General, Urging that Everything be Done to Help Region Secure Better Future

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks to the thematic debate on security in Central America as a regional and global challenge, in New York, today, 16 May: I want to express my deep appreciation to the General Assembly President and to the Governments of Italy and Honduras, as well as the United Nations Office on […]

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Press Conference by Prosecutor of International Criminal Court on Libyan Situation

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

Probably the most urgent activity for the Libyan authorities right now was for them to decide who among the ?thousands? of prisoners filling up the country?s prisons as a result of allegations of crimes committed during the reign of former leader Muammar al-Qadhafi should be investigated or released, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, International Criminal Court Prosecutor told […]

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Strong, Urgent, Global Action Needed to Help Central America Fight Transnational Threats from Crime, Drug Trafficking, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

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• 16 de maio de 2012
• 33 min. de leitura

Region?s Ministers Highlight Impact, Including ?Crisis? Level Homicide Rates; Panel Focuses on How to Promote, Implement Security Strategy Adopted in June 2011 Senior United Nations officials and Government leaders today urgently called for strong global action to tackle transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America, which they said had claimed hundreds of thousands […]

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Despite Declaration, Reality for Indigenous Peoples One of Unacceptable Conditions That Requires Urgent Action by Governments across the Globe, Permanent Forum Told

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

Speakers Stress Gap between Declaration?s Ideals, Human Rights on the Ground; Holds Dialogue with Human Rights Council?s Indigenous Rights Special Rapporteur The need for urgent action by Governments to ensure the protection of the human rights of indigenous peoples was highlighted by speakers today, as the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues put its […]

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Tells Security Council Country on Track for ?Breakthrough Year? If Progress Sustained

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

  Council Members Warn Divisive Nationalistic Rhetoric Could Reverse Gains during ?Early Days in Life of New Government? Bosnia and Herzegovina was on track for a ?breakthrough year? if the momentum built up by a number of recent positive developments could be sustained throughout 2012, the High Representative for that country told the Security Council […]