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General Assembly, Recognizing Burden Resulting from Road Traffic Crashes, Welcomes Launches in More than 100 Countries of Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

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• 19 de abril de 2012
• 7 min. de leitura

Recognizing the global public health and development burden resulting from road traffic crashes, the General Assembly today adopted a consensus resolution welcoming the national and local launches of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 in over 100 countries, the regional launches, and other global events designed to stem the ?staggering? number of preventable casualties […]

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Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Regional Seminar in Quito, Ecuador 30 May – 1 June

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• 19 de abril de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

  The Special Committee on Decolonization — also known as the Special Conference of 24 — today decided to hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in the Ecuadorian capital Quito, from 30 May to 1 June this year, to review progress in the United Nations decolonization process. The Seminar will seek to assess the past decade and focus on […]

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Security Council 1737 Committee Adds New Entries to Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities

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• 19 de abril de 2012
• Menos de um minuto

  On 18 April, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) decided to designate two individuals and one entity under sanctions, and will add them to its Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities subject to the travel ban and/or the assets freeze. This updated List will be made available on the Committee’s webpage for the […]

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Despite Progress, Tens of Thousands of Nuclear Weapons Remain, Billions Spent to Modernize Them, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

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• 19 de abril de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as delivered, to the Security Council on nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and security, today, 19 April, in New York: I commend the United States for convening this follow-up meeting to the Security Council Summit chaired by President [Barack] Obama in September 2009.  Many welcome developments have occurred since […]

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Sustainable Development Must Be Grounded in Science, New Paradigm Should Reflect Human Impacts on Earth?s System, General Assembly Told in Interactive Debate

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• 18 de abril de 2012
• 14 min. de leitura

  Expert Panel Says Science Shows Humankind At Perilous Point, Never Before Has More Been Asked of Diplomacy Specialization made a major contribution to economic success, but precluded holistic thinking, a mindset vital to sustainable development, senior United Nations officials said today, underscoring the important role of science in crafting a new paradigm that reflected […]

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Disarmament Commission Elects Two Vice-Chairs, Rapporteur for Current Session

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• 18 de abril de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  The Disarmament Commission met briefly this morning and completed the Bureau for its 2012 session with the election of two Vice-Chairs and a Rapporteur. Elected as Vice-Chairs were Bouchaib El Oumni (Morocco) from the Group of African States and Naif Bin Bandar Al Sudairy (Saudi Arabia) from among the Asia and Pacific States.  Fikry […]

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Secretary-General Concerned over Wave of Arrests of Officials in Mali, Calls for Military Junta to Promptly Complete Transfer of Power to Civilian Rule

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• 18 de abril 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 expresses his concern over the renewed wave of arrests of high ranking public officials in Mali at a time when numerous efforts are being undertaken to assist the country in overcoming the various challenges it is facing.  The […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

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

  The following Security Council press statement was issued on 17 April by Council President Susan Rice (United States): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the coordinated terrorist attacks on 15 and 16 April 2012 in Afghanistan, causing deaths and numerous injuries. The members of the Security Council expressed their […]

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Headquarters to Host Round Table on 23 April as United Nations Partners with Israel in Observing 50 Years since Adolf Eichmann Trial

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

The United Nations, in partnership with the State of Israel, will mark the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, the mastermind behind the systematic mass deportation and murder of European Jews during the Holocaust, with a round-table discussion on 23 April in the North Lawn Building. Titled ?The Trial of Adolf Eichmann:  50 Years Later?, the round table will […]

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Secretary-General, Addressing Parliament, Hails Luxembourg as ?Epicentre of Global Engagement?

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• 17 de abril de 2012
• 9 min. de leitura

  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s address to the Parliament of Luxembourg on 17 April: I am proud to be the first United Nations Secretary-General since 1989 to make an official visit to Luxembourg.  And it is a special privilege to address you, the Members of Parliament of Luxembourg. In many ways, this is […]