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WOM/1893

Speakers Call for ‘Crystal Clear’ Priorities in Efforts to Improve Health, Protect Rights of Rural Women, as Commission Continues General Discussion

“Crystal clear” priorities – many of which would require major shifts in the attitudes of world leaders - began to take shape in the Commission on the Status of Women today, with senior-level Government officials calling for innovative strategies to improve the health of rural women, protect their rights and facilitate their engagement in economic and public life.
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Top UN Political Official Tells Security Council Talks Started between Israelis, Palestinians in Amman Have “Stalled”, Time Not on Side of Either Party

The United Nations top political official told the Security Council this morning that the talks that had started between Israelis and Palestinians in Amman, Jordan, on 3 January had, unfortunately, “stalled”. “So far, prospects for the resumption of direct bilateral negotiations remain dim,” B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, said in his monthly briefing on the Middle East.
WOM/1892

Microcredit Services Not Enough to Improve Lot of Poor Rural Women, Despite Empowering Millions, Commission Told as General Discussion Continues

The use of microcredit had financially empowered millions of impoverished women in rural areas around the world, but had not been enough to improve their economic lot, a senior official of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) told the Commission on the Status of Women today as it held a panel discussion on “Economic Empowerment of Rural Women”.
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United States Briefs Security Council on Results of 13-16 February Haiti Mission, Says Members Felt Haitians' 'Deep Desire' to See Their Country Stand on Its Own

The Security Council mission to Haiti in February had felt Haitians’ “deep desire” to see their country stand on its own and rely less on international support, anticipating the eventual departure of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) with stronger Haitian institutions assuming their responsibility, the Permanent Representative of the United States said today.

SC/10558

Gulf of Guinea Piracy ‘Clear Threat’ to Security, Economic Development of Region; Countries Need United Front in Response, Top UN Official Tells Security Council

The international community must build on the Security Council’s resolution 2018 (2011) to counter the growing menace of piracy in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea region through coordination and logistical support to regional security initiatives, the United Nations top political affairs official told Council members this morning.

WOM/1890

Unleashing Rural Women’s Potential Critical to Ending Global Poverty, Hunger, Speakers Say as Commission on Status of Women Opens Fifty-sixth Session

Unleashing the potential of rural women — a quarter of the world’s population — was critical to ending global poverty and hunger, high-level speakers said today as the Commission on the Status of Women opened its fifty-sixth annual session. “Empowering women is not just good for women, it is good for all of us,” Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).