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Women?s Empowerment ?Not a Human Resources Problem?, Says Secretary-General, Urging Business Leaders to Apply ?Gender Lens? to All Their Activities

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• 6 de março de 2012
• 3 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at ?Equality Means Business:  Gender Equality for Sustainable Business?, in New York today, 6 March: I am pleased to be with you.  I am particularly excited to see women?s empowerment and gender equality being discussed in the context of sustainable business.  Empowerment and […]

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Fazal Rahim to Sanctions List

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• 6 de março de 2012
• 1 min. de leitura

  On 5 March 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to 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 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter […]

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After Great East Japan Earthquake, Japanese People Stood Up ? So Did International Community, Secretary-General Says One Year Later, Commending Resilient Response

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• 6 de março de 2012
• 2 min. de leitura

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a concert hosted by Japan to mark the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in New York, 5 March: こんばんわ。 Konbanwa. [Good evening.]  皆様にお会いできて光栄です。 Minasama ni oaidekite kouei desu.  [It is a pleasure to be meeting you.]  I am so pleased to attend this concert, […]

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Press Conference by International Criminal Court Prosecutor

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• 6 de março de 2012
• 5 min. de leitura

  An arrest warrant had been issued against Sudan?s Defence Minister Abdel Raheem Mohamed Hussein for his alleged commission of atrocities in the country?s Darfur region, Louis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, told reporters today at a Headquarters press briefing. ? Darfur is still a crime scene.  And we are not stopping […]

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Press Conference by Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction

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• 6 de março de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

  It pays to be well prepared, particularly where natural hazards and disaster risk reduction were concerned, the top United Nations official responsible for mitigating disaster risks worldwide, said today. Addressing correspondents at a Headquarters press conference on the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 2011, Margareta Wahlström, Special […]

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In Wake of London Conference on Somalia, Security Council, in Statement, Affirms August Deadline for Ending Transition, Encourages More Permanent UN Footprint

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• 4 de março de 2012
• 53 min. de leitura

Ahead of Open Debate, Secretary-General Warns New Window of Opportunity ?Narrow?; His Representative Agrees ?We Do Not Have Luxury of Time?, Urgent Action Required Security Council members affirmed this morning that the period of political transition in Somalia must end in August and that, in order to meet that deadline, the country?s leaders, supported by […]

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Rural Women ?Powerful Catalysts for Sustainable Development?, Agents against Poverty, Hunger, Women?s Commission Told, as General Debate Concludes

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• 4 de março de 2012
• 42 min. de leitura

  Speakers Stress Links between Gender Equality, Empowerment and Wide Array Of Issues, Including Agricultural Finance, Migration, Urbanization, Global Trade Calls to incorporate gender equality into a wide array of challenging global issues ? from sustainable development to migration to urbanization ? were at the forefront of discussions today, as the Commission on the Status […]

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Secretary-General Saddened by Deadly Accidental Explosion in Brazzaville

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• 4 de março 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 is profoundly saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by the accidental explosion of an ammunition depot in Brazzaville on Sunday, 4 March.  He extends his sincere condolences to the families of the bereaved and to the […]

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To Keep Somalis ‘Committed’, Secretary-General Urges Security Council to Continue Support of Political, Security, Recovery Processes

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• 4 de março de 2012
• 4 min. de leitura

  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council’s open debate on Somalia, in New York on 5 March: Thank you for this opportunity to update the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.  I thank Henry Bellingham, United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, for chairing this meeting during his country’s […]

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World Community Has Failed Syrian People; Must Take Urgent, Concerted Action to Halt ?Brutal Suppression?, Secretary General Tells General Assembly

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• 3 de março de 2012
• 20 min. de leitura

  Reports on Implementation of 15 February Resolution; Syria Says Resolution ?Erroneous?, Biased; Report Omits Reform Programme Calling for urgent and concerted action to end months of violence in Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the international community had failed the Syrian people, particularly the many innocent civilians trapped in the war-wracked cities […]