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At Security Council Debate on Preventing Conflicts in Great Lakes Region, Secretary-General Calls for Efforts to Neutralize Negative Forces

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security:  prevention and resolution of conflicts in the Great Lakes region, in New York today:

Budget Committee Approves Resolution on Project at Criminal Tribunals Mechanism in Arusha, Considers Staff Rules, Cost-Sharing for Resident Coordinator System

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The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved a draft resolution on a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Arusha branch, by which the General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to ensure that the project was completed within approved resources and the revised timeline.