Secretary-General, Commending Conduct of Elections in Guinea-Bissau, Calls on All to Respect Official Results
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson travelled to Washington, D.C., to take part in a series of events taking place alongside the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
After all-night negotiations, the Commission on Population and Development capped its forty-seventh session in the early hours of 12 April with the adoption of a consensus resolution, urging Governments to address gaps in implementing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, notably in the areas of human rights, gender equality and equitable access to health care, including for sexual and reproductive health.