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Activities of Secretary-General in Viet Nam, 28-30 October

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Activities of Secretary-General in Viet Nam, 28-30 October

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Hanoi, Viet Nam in the afternoon of 28 October. After an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace, he met with President Nguyen Minh Triet. The Secretary-General thanked the President for Viet Nam's support for the “One United Nations” reform and commended the country’s progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Senior International Official, Briefing Security Council, Calls for End to ‘Stagnation and Internal Disagreements’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Senior International Official, Briefing Security Council, Calls for End to ‘Stagnation and Internal Disagreements’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The international community must urge the newly elected leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to end the stagnation and internal disagreements of the past four years, the top international official in the country told the Security Council today.

Fourth Committee Hears Palestinian Relief Agency’s Funding Crisis on ‘Knife Edge’; Nearing Conclusion of Work, Approves Texts on Atomic Radiation, 2011 Work Plan

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Fourth Committee Hears Palestinian Relief Agency’s Funding Crisis on ‘Knife Edge’; Nearing Conclusion of Work, Approves Texts on Atomic Radiation, 2011 Work Plan

With just a bit of time remaining on its calendar, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today concluded its consideration for the session of the effects of atomic radiation with the consensus approval of a draft resolution commending the United Nations Scientific Committee for the valuable contribution it had been making since its inception to widen knowledge and understanding of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation.

General Assembly Will Call for All States to Establish a Moratorium on Executions with View to Abolishing Death Penalty, under Text Approved by Third Committee

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General Assembly Will Call for All States to Establish a Moratorium on Executions with View to Abolishing Death Penalty, under Text Approved by Third Committee

The General Assembly would, for the third time in four years, renew its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty under the terms of a draft resolution approved today in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) by a recorded vote.

Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Calling for Promotion of Ecotourism as Tool in Helping to Realize Millennium Development Goals

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Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Calling for Promotion of Ecotourism as Tool in Helping to Realize Millennium Development Goals

The General Assembly would call upon the United Nations to promote ecotourism as an instrument to help realize the Millennium Development Goals, and to support similar efforts by developing countries, by the terms of one of three draft resolutions that the Second Committee approved by consensus today.

Concluding Annual Debate on Security Council Reform, General Assembly Delegations Express Competing Views on Best Way Forward

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Concluding Annual Debate on Security Council Reform, General Assembly Delegations Express Competing Views on Best Way Forward

The General Assembly wrapped up its annual debate on achieving equitable representation in the Security Council today amid competing calls from diplomats for pressing ahead swiftly with drafting a new negotiating text that genuinely analyzed proposals already on the table, on the one hand, and cautioning that any immediate solution which excluded major voices from decision-making would only deepen entrenched divisions, on the other.

United Nations Video Conference with Students of Seven Countries on 15 November Will Mark Anniversary of Kristallnacht Pogrom in 1938

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United Nations Video Conference with Students of Seven Countries on 15 November Will Mark Anniversary of Kristallnacht Pogrom in 1938

A United Nations video conference to promote education about the Holocaust, with students in seven countries in Africa and Asia, will take place on Monday, 15 November. Organized by the “Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme” in partnership with the House of the Wannsee Conference and Memorial and Educational site in Berlin, it will take place in observance of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Pogrom on 9 November 1938.
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