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Palestinian Rights Committee Elects New Chairman, Approves Work Programme for Upcoming United Nations International Meeting

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Palestinian Rights Committee Elects New Chairman, Approves Work Programme for Upcoming United Nations International Meeting

Abdou Salam Diallo of Senegal was today elected Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Mr. Diallo’s nomination by Oumar Daou (Mali) was seconded by Hamidon Ali (Malaysia) as B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, facilitated the election.

With Non-Communicable Diseases Rapidly Becoming Serious Public Health Threats General Assembly Delegates Urge More Attention to Socio-Economic Impacts

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With Non-Communicable Diseases Rapidly Becoming Serious Public Health Threats General Assembly Delegates Urge More Attention to Socio-Economic Impacts

Non-communicable diseases related to tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol have emerged as a serious macroeconomic and development challenge around the globe, exacerbating poverty and requiring urgent attention to curb related productivity loss and rapidly rising health-care costs, General Assembly delegates said today.

Second Committee Approves Text Encouraging Member States to Strive for Balanced, Ambitious Outcome as Cancún Conference on Climate Change Approaches

GA/EF/3300

Second Committee Approves Text Encouraging Member States to Strive for Balanced, Ambitious Outcome as Cancún Conference on Climate Change Approaches

The General Assembly would encourage Member States to approach the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico, with a view to achieving a substantive, balanced and ambitious outcome,according to one of seven draft resolutions approved by consensus today in the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

Despite Solid Progress towards Eliminating Hansen’s Disease as Public Health Threat, Secretary-General Says, Patients Still Face Discrimination

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Despite Solid Progress towards Eliminating Hansen’s Disease as Public Health Threat, Secretary-General Says, Patients Still Face Discrimination

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the 2010 World Forum on Hansen’s Disease (leprosy), held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24-26 November:

Photo Exhibit in Observance of International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People Opens 29 November

Note No. 6288

Photo Exhibit in Observance of International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People Opens 29 November

A photo exhibition entitled “Summer Games in Gaza” will be launched at 6 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, in the North East gallery of the Visitors Lobby. This exhibit, presented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), under the auspices of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, is organized in connection with the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Ahead of Run-Off Elections in Côte d’Ivoire, Security Council Authorizes Temporary Re-Deployment of Troops, Helicopters from Liberia Mission

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Ahead of Run-Off Elections in Côte d’Ivoire, Security Council Authorizes Temporary Re-Deployment of Troops, Helicopters from Liberia Mission

Acting on a letter from the Secretary-General, dated 22 November, concerning the planned run-off elections scheduled to take place in Côte d’Ivoire on 28 November, the Security Council today authorized a temporary redeployment of support from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) for a period of up to four weeks.
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