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Secretary-General Urges States Parties to Biological Weapons Convention to Work Together in Developing Practical Proposals for Achieving Biological Disarmament

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Secretary-General Urges States Parties to Biological Weapons Convention to Work Together in Developing Practical Proposals for Achieving Biological Disarmament

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Meeting of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, in Geneva, 6 December:

Secretary-General, in Message, Says Brussels Meeting Can Harness New Ideas, Spur New Approaches on How World Can Meet Global Development Goals

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Secretary-General, in Message, Says Brussels Meeting Can Harness New Ideas, Spur New Approaches on How World Can Meet Global Development Goals

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the opening of the European Development Days, delivered by Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Brussels, 6 December:

Resolve Must Be Strengthened to ‘Shut Door on Impunity’, Ensure That in New Era, Perpetrators Truly Answer for Their Crimes, Says Secretary-General

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Resolve Must Be Strengthened to ‘Shut Door on Impunity’, Ensure That in New Era, Perpetrators Truly Answer for Their Crimes, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Ninth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in New York today, 6 December:

Fifth Committee Takes Up Budget Proposal for New United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

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Fifth Committee Takes Up Budget Proposal for New United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered a Secretariat proposal to give the newly-minted UN Women the financial backing it needs to carry out the Organization’s efforts to eliminate discrimination against women and girls around the world.

Pressure to Conclude Trials, ‘Staff Attrition’ Among Obstacles Cited as Officials of International Criminal Tribunals Brief Security Council

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Pressure to Conclude Trials, ‘Staff Attrition’ Among Obstacles Cited as Officials of International Criminal Tribunals Brief Security Council

As part of its efforts to call to account those bearing the greatest responsibility for recent atrocities, the Security Council today heard reports by the heads of the international tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia as it considered obstacles to the completion of their work, the consequences for the fortification of international criminal law and the Tribunals’ legal legacy.

Thirteenth Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights Proposes Recommendations on Discrimination, Rights of the Child

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Thirteenth Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights Proposes Recommendations on Discrimination, Rights of the Child

More than 300 students from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, France and Mexico concluded their annual Student Conference on Human Rights, held at United Nations Headquarters from 1 to 3 December, under the theme "Discrimination and the Rights of the Child".

General Assembly, on Recommendation of Legal Committee, Adopts Texts on Measures to Eliminate Global Terrorism, Programme of International Legal Assistance

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General Assembly, on Recommendation of Legal Committee, Adopts Texts on Measures to Eliminate Global Terrorism, Programme of International Legal Assistance

Among the 17 resolutions and two decisions adopted this afternoon on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee (Legal) by new language within a text on measures to eliminate international terrorism, the General Assembly expressed concern at the increase in kidnapping and hostage-taking for ransom and/or political concessions.
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