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Secretary-General, at Event to Honour Navi Pillay, Applauds High Commissioner’s Political Skill in Piloting Human Rights Office through ‘Perilous Waters’

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Secretary-General, at Event to Honour Navi Pillay, Applauds High Commissioner’s Political Skill in Piloting Human Rights Office through ‘Perilous Waters’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to an event honouring Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today:

Special Committee on Decolonization Concludes 2014 Session, Approving Draft Resolutions on New Caledonia, Tokelau, French Polynesia

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Special Committee on Decolonization Concludes 2014 Session, Approving Draft Resolutions on New Caledonia, Tokelau, French Polynesia

The Special Committee on Decolonization today concluded its 2014 substantive session with the approval, without a vote, of three draft resolutions, including one calling on France, New Caledonia’s administering Power, to consider developing an education programme to inform the people in the Territory about the nature of self-determination and prepare them for a future decision on the matter.

Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Reiterating Need for Talks as Only Way to Resolve Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Question

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Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Reiterating Need for Talks as Only Way to Resolve Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Question

The Special Committee on Decolonization approved today a draft resolution on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), by which the General Assembly would reiterate that the way to end that “special and particular colonial situation” was through a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom.

Secretary-General Hails OSCE’s Focus on Rising Extremism, Radicalism, Xenophobia while Stressing Need to End Bloodshed in Ukraine

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Secretary-General Hails OSCE’s Focus on Rising Extremism, Radicalism, Xenophobia while Stressing Need to End Bloodshed in Ukraine

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by United Nations Coordinator Antonius Broek, to the twenty-third Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session titled “Helsinki+40: Towards Human Security for All”, in Baku, Azerbaijan, today:
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