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GA/11045

General Assembly President Urges Member States to Chart Course That Will Enhance Role of United Nations in Global Governance

Amid mounting concern that the United Nations was losing ground to smaller and more agile groupings, the General Assembly — during the main part of its sixty-fifth session — was repeatedly urged to redeploy its heavy political capital and near-universal membership to regain its pre-eminence, and breathe new life into the very principles that had called the Organization into being: peace and security, friendship among nations and international cooperation.
SG/A/1273-BIO/4260-PKO/260

Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay Appointed Head of United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Major General Raul Gloodtdofsky Fernandez of Uruguay as Chief Military Observer and Head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He will replace Major General Kim Moon Hwa of the Republic of Korea, who completed his assignment on 27 November.
SC/10144

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Three Entries from Consolidated List, Amendments to Seventeen Entries

On 22 December 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the three entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:
SG/A/1272-BIO/4259

Secretary-General Appoints Robert Watkins of Canada as Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Robert Watkins of Canada as Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative. The new Deputy Special Coordinator succeeds Marta Ruedas of Spain, who will complete her assignment at the end of the year.