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Concluding Resumed Session, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Status for 158 Groups, Reinstatement of 21, Withdrawal of 129 for Non-Reporting

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Concluding Resumed Session, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Status for 158 Groups, Reinstatement of 21, Withdrawal of 129 for Non-Reporting

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today adopted the report of its 2014 resumed session, held from 19 to 28 May, during which it recommended to the Economic and Social Council 158 organizations for consultative status and deferred 153 for further consideration at its regular session in 2015.

Oceans Provide Passage for Global Trade, Solutions to Humanity’s Energy Needs, Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

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Oceans Provide Passage for Global Trade, Solutions to Humanity’s Energy Needs, Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Oceans Day on 8 June, being observed under the theme “Ocean Sustainability: Together let’s ensure oceans can sustain us into the future”:

Unilateral Actions Could Undermine Chances for Resuming Talks, Secretary-General Warns in Message to International Media Seminar on Middle East Peace

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Unilateral Actions Could Undermine Chances for Resuming Talks, Secretary-General Warns in Message to International Media Seminar on Middle East Peace

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, in Tokyo today:

Security Council Extends Mandate of Expert Panel on Iran, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2159 (2014)

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Security Council Extends Mandate of Expert Panel on Iran, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2159 (2014)

The Security Council today extended until 9 July 2015 the mandate of the Panel of Experts originally established under resolution 1929 (2010) to further implementation of Council resolution 1737 (2006), by which it had called on Iran to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme.
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