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Advancing Global Health Essential to Achieving Global Development Goals, Civil Society Essential to Advancing Global Health, says Secretary-General in Message

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Advancing Global Health Essential to Achieving Global Development Goals, Civil Society Essential to Advancing Global Health, says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the sixty-third DPI/NGO Conference: “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs”, in Melbourne, 30 August:

Concept of Unified Governance System for Global Health Informs Debate on Ways to Achieve Health-Related Development Goals, as DPI/NGO Conference Continues

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Concept of Unified Governance System for Global Health Informs Debate on Ways to Achieve Health-Related Development Goals, as DPI/NGO Conference Continues

With the advantages of pooling efforts to create a unified and effective governance system for global health gaining traction, the DPI/NGO Conference today examined this concept in the context of strengthening an integrated and systems approach to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

Bureau of Palestinian Rights Committee Welcomes Decision by Israelis, Palestinians to Resume Direct Negotiations Towards Resolving All Permanent Status Issues

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Bureau of Palestinian Rights Committee Welcomes Decision by Israelis, Palestinians to Resume Direct Negotiations Towards Resolving All Permanent Status Issues

This statement was issued today by the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on the resumption of permanent status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians:

Security Council Committee Concerning Democratic Republic of the Congo Updates List of Individuals and Entities Subject to Travel Ban, Assets Freeze

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Security Council Committee Concerning Democratic Republic of the Congo Updates List of Individuals and Entities Subject to Travel Ban, Assets Freeze

On 13 August 2010, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo updated the List of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban and assets freeze imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of resolution 1596 (2005) as renewed by paragraph 3 of resolution 1896 (2009).

Millennium Development Goals Moral Imperative, but Largely Off-track for Poorest, Least Politically Powerful People, Says Declaration at DPI/NGO Conference

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Millennium Development Goals Moral Imperative, but Largely Off-track for Poorest, Least Politically Powerful People, Says Declaration at DPI/NGO Conference

The fourth and final round table of the sixty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference wrapped up today with a show of overwhelming support for what the Chair of the Conference has called “the people’s document”.

‘Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves’ and Do What Must Be Done to Achieve Millennium Development Goals, Says Communications Chief as DPI/NGO Event Concludes

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‘Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves’ and Do What Must Be Done to Achieve Millennium Development Goals, Says Communications Chief as DPI/NGO Event Concludes

“This is not the time to question the validity of the MDGs [Millennium Development Goals] themselves, but rather a time to roll up our sleeves and do what is necessary to attain them, and beyond that, to look at the question of ensuring that they are sustainable after 2015,” said Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, today at the conclusion of the sixty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
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