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Security Council 751 and 1907 Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Deletes Ali Ahmed Nur Jim’ale from Its Sanctions List

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Security Council 751 and 1907 Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Deletes Ali Ahmed Nur Jim’ale from Its Sanctions List

On 11 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea approved the removal of the individual specified below from the List of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008):

‘Gender Lens’ Sharpens Focus of Economic and Social Council Reforms, Shapes Global Policy, Speakers Say in Women’s Commission

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‘Gender Lens’ Sharpens Focus of Economic and Social Council Reforms, Shapes Global Policy, Speakers Say in Women’s Commission

The Commission on the Status of Women played a “catalytic” role in shaping global policy on gender equality, as well as in ensuring that the Economic and Social Council incorporated a gender perspective in its work, Council President Martin Sajdik told the women’s body today during day three of its fifty-eighth session.

Saying ‘No’ to Drugs Means ‘Yes’ for Development, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses, Urging Concerted Drive against Worldwide Narcotics Problem

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Saying ‘No’ to Drugs Means ‘Yes’ for Development, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses, Urging Concerted Drive against Worldwide Narcotics Problem

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level review of the implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, in Vienna today:

Deputy Secretary-General, Hailing Civil Society’s Efforts at High-level Briefing, Says Health, Human Rights Must Be at Heart of Drug Control Strategy

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Deputy Secretary-General, Hailing Civil Society’s Efforts at High-level Briefing, Says Health, Human Rights Must Be at Heart of Drug Control Strategy

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level briefing on the conclusions of the third informal Civil Society Hearing and the 2014 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime scientific consultation addressing drug use through a health-based approach, in Vienna today:

Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy of Brazil Force Commander for United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

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Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy of Brazil Force Commander for United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy, Jr., of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

Common Position in Women’s Commission: Post-2015 Agenda Must Include Gender Equality Targets Absent from Millennium Development Goals

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Common Position in Women’s Commission: Post-2015 Agenda Must Include Gender Equality Targets Absent from Millennium Development Goals

While countries were on track to meet several of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, progress on those related to women and girls was uneven at best, ministers and other senior officials told the Commission on the Status of Women today, urging that more be done to accept women as equals in all areas of life.

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