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15 April 2014

ECOSOC/6609

Speakers Call for Practical Ways to Implement International Monetary Reform As Economic and Social Council Event with Bretton Woods Entities Concludes

Representatives from world financial institutions, the global private sectors and civil society took up the question of practical implementation of international monetary reform today, as the Economic and Social Council concluded its two-day special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

14 April 2014

GA/11500

General Assembly Decides to Include Financing of New Peacekeeping Mission in Agenda for Current Session

The General Assembly decided unanimously today to include the financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic on its agenda for the sixty-eighth session.

14 April 2014

ECOSOC/6607

Illicit Financial Flows Reinforce Corruption, Deplete National Revenues, Warns Deputy Secretary-General during Meeting with Bretton Woods Entities

Despite some improvement, the world economic situation remained weak and subject to uncertainties and risks, the Economic and Social Council heard during a high-level meeting today.

13 April 2014

SC/11351

Ukraine Situation ‘More Combustible than Ever’, Assistant Secretary-General Warns Security Council, Calling for Action to De-escalate Crisis

Warning that the situation in Ukraine was “more combustible than ever”, a senior United Nations political official told an emergency session of the Security Council this evening that without urgent action to de-escalate the crisis, the likelihood of further bloodshed and violent clashes would grow by the hour.

11 April 2014

POP/1030

Need to Address Gaps in Sexual, Reproductive Health Recurrent Theme as Population Commission Adopts Resolution by Consensus

After all-night negotiations, the Commission on Population and Development capped its forty-seventh session in the early hours of 12 April with the adoption of a consensus resolution, urging Governments to address gaps in implementing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, notably in the areas of human rights, gender equality and equitable access to health care, including for sexual and reproductive health.

10 April 2014

SC/11349

Security Council Authorizes United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic

The Security Council today established a new peacekeeping mission for the Central African Republic for an initial period of one year, authorizing an initial deployment of up to 10,000 military and 1,800 police personnel.

10 April 2014

GA/11499-ECOSOC/6606

Mutual Trust Central to Effective Cooperation, Economic and Social Council President Says at Conclusion of Joint Thematic Debate

Mutual trust was the central pillar of effective cooperation between the public and private spheres, the President of the Economic and Social Council said today in closing remarks at the end of a two-day thematic debate on the role of partnerships in implementing the post-2015 development agenda.

10 April 2014

GA/11498

Traffic Accidents Take Toll on Social, Economic Progress, General Assembly Agrees, Adopting Resolution Improving Road Safety

Deaths and injuries in road traffic accidents posed a serious threat to global health and had a negative impact on social and economic progress, as well as sustainable development, the General Assembly heard today.

9 April 2014

POP/1028

Special Envoy Warns of 'Lost Generation' without Greater Investment in Youth, as Population Commission Continues

For young people to reach their potential as “agents of progress”, it was crucial to involve them in the planning, development and monitoring of programmes that affected their lives, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth told the Commission on Population and Development today, drawing particular attention to the situation of adolescent girls.

9 April 2014

GA/11496

General Assembly Adopts Resolutions Concerning Staff Mobility Framework, Capital Master Plan, Acting on Recommendations of Fifth Committee

The General Assembly adopted several draft resolutions recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today, including one relating to a career development and mobility framework for United Nations staff — a key initiative of the Secretary-General.