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Economic and Social Council Concludes Coordination, Management Segment, Adopting Texts on Gender Mainstreaming, Situation of Palestinian Women

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Economic and Social Council Concludes Coordination, Management Segment, Adopting Texts on Gender Mainstreaming, Situation of Palestinian Women

Concluding a three-day coordination and management segment, the Economic and Social Council today adopted six texts, including one resolution on mainstreaming a gender perspective across the United Nations system.

Religious Leaders Must Speak Out When ‘So-Called Adherents of Their Faith Commit Crimes in Its Name’, Secretary-General Tells World Gathering in Kazakhstan

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Religious Leaders Must Speak Out When ‘So-Called Adherents of Their Faith Commit Crimes in Its Name’, Secretary-General Tells World Gathering in Kazakhstan

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions: “Promoting Dialogue for Peace and Prosperity in Turbulent Times”, in Astana, Kazakhstan, today:

Peace Prospect in Sudan ‘Vain Wish in Current Context’, Peacekeeping Official Tells Security Council, Backing Disengagement Once ‘Fear and Violence’ Subside

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Peace Prospect in Sudan ‘Vain Wish in Current Context’, Peacekeeping Official Tells Security Council, Backing Disengagement Once ‘Fear and Violence’ Subside

Any exit strategy for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) must be tied to concrete improvements in the situation of people on the ground, a top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council this morning.

With ‘Stroke of Your Pen’, Draft Development Agenda Can Be Amended to Include Explicit Reference to Disabilities, Convention’s States Parties Told

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With ‘Stroke of Your Pen’, Draft Development Agenda Can Be Amended to Include Explicit Reference to Disabilities, Convention’s States Parties Told

Around the world, more than 1 billion people with disabilities were desperately poor, dying of hunger and preventable disease, which made it essential for their explicit rights and needs to be mainstreamed in the new global development framework currently being negotiated, delegates stressed today as the Conference of States Parties to the Disabilities Convention opened its eighth session.

‘No More Business as Usual’, Delegates Say as Economic and Social Council Concludes Phase One of Dialogue on United Nations Role in Post-2015 Era

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‘No More Business as Usual’, Delegates Say as Economic and Social Council Concludes Phase One of Dialogue on United Nations Role in Post-2015 Era

Fine-tuning the funding architecture, streamlining operational activities and garnering a “new political momentum” were critical for the United Nations to play a key role in the post-2015 development era, the Economic and Social Council heard today during a dialogue on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system, as it also adopted three procedural resolutions.

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