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General Assembly Adopts Resolutions Supporting Atomic Energy Agency’s Work on Nuclear Safety, Urging Member States to Observe Olympic Truce

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General Assembly Adopts Resolutions Supporting Atomic Energy Agency’s Work on Nuclear Safety, Urging Member States to Observe Olympic Truce

The General Assembly today unanimously adopted two draft resolutions: one on the 2012 report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and another regarding sports and peace and development.

Investors Can Have Both Financial, Social Returns, Says Business Leader as Second Committee Discusses Sustainable Development Challenges

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Investors Can Have Both Financial, Social Returns, Says Business Leader as Second Committee Discusses Sustainable Development Challenges

People and institutions with “deep pockets” were more likely to invest in businesslike models effecting social change because they tended to be more efficient and results-oriented, Tokunboh Ishmael, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital, told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today.

Palestine Refugees ‘Contemporary Symbol’ of Difficulties of Peacemaking, High Cost of Failures, Head of United Nations Relief Agency Tells Fourth Committee

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Palestine Refugees ‘Contemporary Symbol’ of Difficulties of Peacemaking, High Cost of Failures, Head of United Nations Relief Agency Tells Fourth Committee

Palestine refugees were living proof of a conflict unresolved across generations and a contemporary symbol of the difficulties of peacemaking and the high cost of its failures, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today as it began its consideration of the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

As Sixth Committee Concludes Review of International Law Commission’s Report, Delegates Urge Stronger Legal Frameworks for Disaster Preparedness

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As Sixth Committee Concludes Review of International Law Commission’s Report, Delegates Urge Stronger Legal Frameworks for Disaster Preparedness

Risk reduction and prevention were crucial to the “protection of persons in the event of disasters”, emphasized speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal), as deliberations concluded on a broad range of issues from the International Law Commission’s report.

United Nations Refugee Agency’s Services Severely Tested by Syria Conflict, Persisting Crises Worldwide, High Commissioner Tells Third Committee

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United Nations Refugee Agency’s Services Severely Tested by Syria Conflict, Persisting Crises Worldwide, High Commissioner Tells Third Committee

The limits of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees were being severely tested by a combination of the unparalleled emergency in Syria and the persistence of all the other crises around the world, the head of that agency told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today as it considered refugee-related issues.

Mobility about Providing Efficient, Equitable, Environmentally Sensitive Systems, Secretary-General Tells Forum of Asian Transport Ministers

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Mobility about Providing Efficient, Equitable, Environmentally Sensitive Systems, Secretary-General Tells Forum of Asian Transport Ministers

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to the Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport, in Bangkok on 7 November:
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