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Fair Multilateral System Essential to Sustained Growth for Developing Countries, Second Committee Hears in Debate on International Trade, Development

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Fair Multilateral System Essential to Sustained Growth for Developing Countries, Second Committee Hears in Debate on International Trade, Development

“A fair multilateral trading system is essential to ensure sustained growth in global trade and create new market access and opportunities for developing countries,” Malaysia’s representative told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as delegates met to discuss international trade and development.

Destabilizing Stocks of Conventional Weapons Preoccupy First Committee as Speaker Describes Amount Spent on ‘Breeding, Exacerbating and Maintaining’ Conflict

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Destabilizing Stocks of Conventional Weapons Preoccupy First Committee as Speaker Describes Amount Spent on ‘Breeding, Exacerbating and Maintaining’ Conflict

It was “ironic” that the weapons that propelled and sustained conflicts came from areas that enjoyed peace, a delegate told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) as it continued its thematic debate on conventional weapons.

During Session’s High-Level Period, Department of Public Information Deployed Full Array of Media Tools — New and Traditional — Acting Head Tells Fourth Committee

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During Session’s High-Level Period, Department of Public Information Deployed Full Array of Media Tools — New and Traditional — Acting Head Tells Fourth Committee

Facing limited resources and expanding responsibilities, the Department of Public Information was striving to make the best use of its tools to fulfil its mandate and address new challenges such as coverage of the Ebola outbreak, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it began its annual consideration of questions relating to information.

Academic Impact Matches Innovation to Overcome World’s Most Pressing Problems, Secretary-General Says at Launch of J. Michael Adams Conversation Series

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Academic Impact Matches Innovation to Overcome World’s Most Pressing Problems, Secretary-General Says at Launch of J. Michael Adams Conversation Series

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the United Nations Impact J. Michael Adams Conversation Series, in New York today:

Secretary-General, in Video Message, Calls Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai ‘One of the Most Admired Activists of Our Time’, as Teen Receives Liberty Medal

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Secretary-General, in Video Message, Calls Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai ‘One of the Most Admired Activists of Our Time’, as Teen Receives Liberty Medal

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to a ceremony marking the awarding of the Liberty Medal to Malala Yousafzai in Philadelphia today:

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