The Secretary-General, in a message to the United Nations Environment Assembly opening in Nairobi today, said that solutions to prevent, mitigate and manage pollution existed, and that beating pollution would help reduce poverty, improve health, create decent jobs, address climate change and protect life on earth and sea.
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Egypt
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has reported that refugees fleeing militia violence in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arriving in Zambia have crossed the 12,000 mark, with 80 per cent of them women and children, driven out by extreme brutality of rampaging militias.
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sebastiano Cardi (Italy):
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Tekeda Alemu (Ethiopia):
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: