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Secretary-General, in Message, Calls for Renewal of Pledge to Promote Work-Family Balance to Benefit Families, Society at Large

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• 10 de maio de 2012
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  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Families, 15 May: This year’s International Day of Families highlights the need for work-family balance.  The aim is to help workers everywhere provide for their families financially and emotionally, while also contributing to the socio-economic development of their societies. Current trends underscore […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Three Entries on Its Sanctions List

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• 10 de maio de 2012
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  On 10 May 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries 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 Council resolution […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Damascus

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

  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 attacks that occurred in Damascus, Syria on 10 May, causing numerous deaths and injuries.  They expressed their deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the victims of […]

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Press Conference Launching Expert Study on Violence against Indigenous Women

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• 10 de maio de 2012
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To address the problem of violence against indigenous women and girls, Governments and United Nations agencies should compile disaggregated data on the scourge, which was institutional and structural in nature, but which also occurred at home and in the communities, correspondents heard at a Headquarters press conference. Mirna Cunningham Kain, a member of the Permanent […]

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Press Conference to Launch 2012 ‘Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific’

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• 10 de maio de 2012
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  The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the fastest growing region in the world this year despite a drop in the growth rate from 7 per cent in 2011 to 6.5 per cent this year, correspondents heard at a Headquarters press conference to launch the 2012 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific produced […]

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Forum Speakers Say ?Doctrine of Discovery? Shameful Root of Today?s Indigenous Oppression, Remnants Still Evident in Many Constitutions Must Be Removed

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• 9 de maio de 2012
• 34 min. de leitura

Debate on Theme Continues, with Speakers Reaffirming Need for Study on Way In Which 15th Century Doctrine Extended in Law, Policy, to Set Stage for Reversal The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today again rang with strong calls on former colonial Governments to reassess their constitutional arrangements and restore the ?first nation? status […]

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Instead of ‘Kicking the Can to Rio’, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, Time to Shift Gears to Reach Destination, Confront All Hard Issues Now

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• 9 de maio de 2012
• 10 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing at the informal meeting of the General Assembly, 9 May, in New York: Thank you for this opportunity.  I welcome the chance to continue our conversation on pressing matters before the membership and the international community.  This afternoon, I would like to brief you on our collective […]

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Secretary-General Praises Non-Aligned Movement for Partnership, Advocacy; Urges It to Contribute Best Efforts in Making Rio+20 Success, in Message

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

  Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Director General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 9 May: I am pleased to send greetings to the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned […]

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Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., 7-8 May

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• 9 de maio de 2012
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  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Washington, D.C., in the morning of Monday, 7 May. The Secretary-General first spoke at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) about how peacebuilding saves lives, protects human rights and promotes the rule of law. At the event, moderated by Zbigniew Brzezinski, […]

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Department of Field Support Tells Budget Committee It Managed to ?Do Better with Less?, Owing to Global Strategy, Steadfast Commitment of Blue Helmets

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• 9 de maio de 2012
• 40 min. de leitura

  Some Speakers Call for Strict Budgetary Discipline; Others Warn Arbitrary Cuts, Resource Reduction Targets ?Grave Error? Since launching a five-year peacekeeping management road map in 2010, the United Nations had improved the cost-effectiveness and affordability of its blue-helmet operations without reducing their operational performance or ability to carry out their mandates, a top United […]