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Secretary-General, in World Bank Conference Remarks, Calls on Haiti’s Partners to Help Build Healthy Society Underpinned by Clean Water, Better Sanitation

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Secretary-General, in World Bank Conference Remarks, Calls on Haiti’s Partners to Help Build Healthy Society Underpinned by Clean Water, Better Sanitation

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki—moon’s remarks to the World Bank Conference on Clean Water, Improved Sanitation, and Better Health for Haiti, in Washington, D.C., today:

Balancing Rule of Law’s National, International Dimensions Critical to Principle’s Just Implementation, Sixth Committee Told as Debate Begins

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Balancing Rule of Law’s National, International Dimensions Critical to Principle’s Just Implementation, Sixth Committee Told as Debate Begins

Finding a balance between the international and national dimensions of the rule of law was indispensable to furthering the principle’s just implementation, speakers told the Sixth (Legal) Committee as it opened deliberations on the topic.

United Nations Financial Indicators ‘Generally Sound’, Top Management Official Tells Budget Committee

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United Nations Financial Indicators ‘Generally Sound’, Top Management Official Tells Budget Committee

While the Organization’s financial indicators for 2014 were generally sound, the United Nations senior management official told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today that the regular budget’s cash position was low and under extra pressure from the emergency financing needs of the Capital Master Plan and emergency funding for the United Nations operations to control the Ebola outbreak.

Overwhelming Calls for Concerted, Coordinated, Innovative Strategies in Tackling Drugs, Transnational Crime, Speakers Tell Third Committee

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Overwhelming Calls for Concerted, Coordinated, Innovative Strategies in Tackling Drugs, Transnational Crime, Speakers Tell Third Committee

The international community could not afford to work in silos when combating the problems of illicit drugs and other transnational crimes, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today during its general discussion of crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control.

Winning ‘Battle of Ideas’ First Step in Long, Hard Fight to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, First Committee Told during Wide-Ranging Debate

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Winning ‘Battle of Ideas’ First Step in Long, Hard Fight to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, First Committee Told during Wide-Ranging Debate

To win the battle to eliminate nuclear weapons, the international community first needed to fight long and hard at the conceptual level and win the “battle of ideas”, the Disarmament Committee heard today as it continued its general debate.

Speakers Debate Place of Sexual, Reproductive Rights as General Assembly Charts Progress towards International Population and Development Goals

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Speakers Debate Place of Sexual, Reproductive Rights as General Assembly Charts Progress towards International Population and Development Goals

In a detailed discussion examining progress in implementing the goals set forth at the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, delegates today traded views on the place of sexual and reproductive health rights.

Swift Action, Flexible Mandates Needed in Fulfilling ‘Moral Duty’ to Protect Civilians amid Attacks, Instability, Commanders Tell Security Council

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Swift Action, Flexible Mandates Needed in Fulfilling ‘Moral Duty’ to Protect Civilians amid Attacks, Instability, Commanders Tell Security Council

Swift adaptation to ever-more perilous environments was critical to protect both peacekeepers and civilians under their mandate, the Security Council was told this morning as it met with force commanders of a number of United Nations missions.

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