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United Nations Media Seminar on Middle East Peace to Address Role of Media, Including New Media, in Advancing Peace Process, in Portugal, 22-23 July

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United Nations Media Seminar on Middle East Peace to Address Role of Media, Including New Media, in Advancing Peace Process, in Portugal, 22-23 July

A United Nations-organized media seminar will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 22 to 23 July, focusing on the role of media, particularly new media, in advancing the Middle East peace process.

Ridding Papua New Guinea of ‘Big Man’ Culture Will Take Time, Change of Mindsets, Delegate Says, Presenting First Report to Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee

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Ridding Papua New Guinea of ‘Big Man’ Culture Will Take Time, Change of Mindsets, Delegate Says, Presenting First Report to Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee

Fifteen years after ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Papua New Guinea was still struggling to change entrenched cultural attitudes and norms that kept women from attaining crucial government and political positions and contributed to high rates of violence against them, the country’s delegation told the Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee today.

Economic and Social Council Focuses on Social Issues, Human Rights

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Economic and Social Council Focuses on Social Issues, Human Rights

The Economic and Social Council today continued the work of its general segment today, adopting by consensus 10 resolutions and 7 decisions broadly aimed at strengthening crime prevention measures, tackling illegal narcotics trade and extending effective social protections to the world’s most vulnerable populations, especially in the wake of crises.

Eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East Opens as Participants Highlight Need to End ‘Information-exclusion’

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Eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East Opens as Participants Highlight Need to End ‘Information-exclusion’

The Eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East opened in Lisbon, Portugal, this morning under the theme “The role of the Media, including New Media, in Advancing the Middle East Peace Process”.

Time Working against Two-State Solution, Secretary-General Says in Message to Media Seminar on Middle East Peace, in Lisbon

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Time Working against Two-State Solution, Secretary-General Says in Message to Media Seminar on Middle East Peace, in Lisbon

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 July:

Activities of Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Including Stopover in United Arab Emirates, 19-21 July

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Activities of Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Including Stopover in United Arab Emirates, 19-21 July

On Monday, 19 July, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Geneva to travel to Afghanistan, to co-chair the International Conference on Afghanistan with President Hamid Karzai, which would take place the following day. As the Secretary-General noted, the Tuesday meeting was the first international conference on Afghanistan to be held in the country, organized by the Afghan Government for the Afghan people.

Panels Focus on New Versus Traditional Tools, Role of Women as Eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East Continues

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Panels Focus on New Versus Traditional Tools, Role of Women as Eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East Continues

The eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East continued this afternoon, holding two panel discussions on the topics “New media vs. traditional media: allies or adversaries in furthering the peace process” and “The role of Israeli and Palestinian women in achieving peace and security in the Middle East”.

Eighteenth International Media Seminar Concludes with Panels on Harnessing New Tools for Positive Change, Mayors’ Role in Contributing to Middle East Peace

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Eighteenth International Media Seminar Concludes with Panels on Harnessing New Tools for Positive Change, Mayors’ Role in Contributing to Middle East Peace

LISBON, 23 July — The eighteenth International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East concluded this morning with two panel discussions, the first on “Harnessing new media for positive change in the Middle East”, and the second on “The Civil Society Initiative: The role of Israeli and Palestinian mayors in contributing to peace and security in the Middle East”.
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