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Statement by Middle East Quartet

  The following statement by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued on 11 April: The Quartet — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy […]

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New Website for ‘1540’ Committee Launched

  NEW YORK, 11 April (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is announcing the launch of the redesigned website of the 1540 Committee, http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540.  The work has been carried out in cooperation with the Department of Public Information. In 2011, the Security Council requested the Committee established pursuant to […]

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Taking Steps to Improve Performance of UN Secretariat, General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Culture of Accountability, Change Management by Recorded Vote

  Second Text Expresses Concern at Capital Master Plan Cost Overruns, Requests Audit; Assembly Session Honours Memory of King George Tupou V of Tonga Acting on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly this afternoon adopted a resolution advocating for a culture of accountability throughout the United Nations system, while […]

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New Permanent Observer of La Francophonie Presents Letter of Appointment

  (Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) Filippe Savadogo, the new Permanent Observer of La Francophonie to the United Nations, today presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Savadogo was the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Communications of Burkina Faso from June 2007 to April 2011, […]

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New Permanent Representative of Spain Presents Credentials

  (Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) Fernando Arias González, the new Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today. Until his appointment, Mr. Arias served as Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at his country?s Embassy in China from 2009, and Ambassador […]

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New Permanent Representative of Cyprus Presents Credentials

  (Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) The new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations, Nicholas Emiliou, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Until his appointment, Mr. Emiliou was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia from August 2008.  Between June 2004 and July 2008, he was […]

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Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf, Meeting at Headquarters 19 March ? 27 April, Will Hold Plenary 9 ? 20 April

  NEW YORK, 5 April (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, the twenty-ninth session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is being held in New York from 19 March to 27 April 2012.  The plenary part of the session will […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Somalia

  The following Security Council press statement was issued on 5 April by Council President Susan Rice ( United States): The members of the Security Council condemned, in the strongest terms, the terrorist attack that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 4 April, which resulted in deaths and injury to innocent civilians.  The attack shows complete disregard for […]

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Press Conference to Launch ?World Urbanization Prospects? Report

  Africa and Asia would lead urban population growth over the next four decades as the number of people on those continents soared to 4.5 billion by 2050, according to a United Nations report released at Headquarters today. The urban population in Africa, notably in Nigeria, would triple from 413 million to more than 1.2 billion […]

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Press Conference by Permanent Representative of Syria

  The Government of Syria was firmly committed to the success of the United Nations-supported plan to end the crisis in the country and would meet the deadline for pulling back heavy weaponry, but some countries were subverting the plan through their interventionist intentions and continued support for the armed opposition, the country?s Permanent Representative […]

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