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Activities of Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Including Stopovers in Liberia, United Kingdom, 4-6 March

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Activities of Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Including Stopovers in Liberia, United Kingdom, 4-6 March

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, late in the evening of 4 March, after a stopover in Monrovia. Upon arrival in Freetown, the Secretary-General was greeted by Samura M.W. Kamara, the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Secretary-General, Welcoming Inauguration of State-of-the-Art Courtroom in Geneva, Calls for Upholding Justice within System, Worldwide Alike

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Secretary-General, Welcoming Inauguration of State-of-the-Art Courtroom in Geneva, Calls for Upholding Justice within System, Worldwide Alike

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michael Möller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the inauguration of a new courtroom there today:

Somalia Can Achieve Goals by 2016 despite Mixed Progress during Decades-long Crisis, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Tells Security Council

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Somalia Can Achieve Goals by 2016 despite Mixed Progress during Decades-long Crisis, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Tells Security Council

Despite its mixed progress in decades of war, State collapse and immense human suffering, Somalia could reach its goals of elaborating an agreed Constitution, installing a nationwide electoral process and ensuring greater security by 2016, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.

Fifth Committee Delegates Seek More Clarity on Budget Implications of Building Institutional Civilian Capacity in Post-Conflict Situations

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Fifth Committee Delegates Seek More Clarity on Budget Implications of Building Institutional Civilian Capacity in Post-Conflict Situations

While commending the progress made in the past two years to expand the pool of civilian experts providing immediate aid and support for institution-building in post-conflict countries, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) sought greater clarity today on the budgetary implications of those efforts and on ways to align the work of United Nations field personnel with the national decision-making cycles of the countries concerned.

Speakers in Women’s Commission Say Legal Gaps in Protection, Prevention, Accountability for Violence against Women Must Be Addressed

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Speakers in Women’s Commission Say Legal Gaps in Protection, Prevention, Accountability for Violence against Women Must Be Addressed

Protecting women and girls from violence and discrimination was the ultimate responsibility of the State, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences told the Commission on the Status of Women today, pressing Governments to better address the legal gaps in protection, prevention and accountability.

Secretary-General, UNESCO Chief, Joint Special Representative Call for End to Destruction as Syria’s Cultural Heritage ‘Ripped to Shreds’

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Secretary-General, UNESCO Chief, Joint Special Representative Call for End to Destruction as Syria’s Cultural Heritage ‘Ripped to Shreds’

The following statement was issued today by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and United Nations-League of Arab States Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi:
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