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Secretary-General, in Message on International Year of Biodiversity, Calls for Greater Momentum to Ensure Life’s Complexity is Preserved

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Secretary-General, in Message on International Year of Biodiversity, Calls for Greater Momentum to Ensure Life’s Complexity is Preserved

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the closing ceremony for the International Year of Biodiversity, delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Kanazawa, Japan, 18 December:

Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to Continue as Special Political Mission under Main Committee for Three More Years, Security Council Decides

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Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to Continue as Special Political Mission under Main Committee for Three More Years, Security Council Decides

Noting with concern that terrorism continued to pose a serious threat to international peace and security and underscoring the central role of the United Nations in that global fight, the Security Council today decided that the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) would continue to operate as a special political mission under the policy guidance of the Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee for another three years, through 31 December 2013.

Security Council, in Statement, Calls on Government Support for Central African Republic, Chad as United Nations Mission There Draws Down by Year’s End

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Security Council, in Statement, Calls on Government Support for Central African Republic, Chad as United Nations Mission There Draws Down by Year’s End

Commending the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), as its mandate expires this month, the Security Council this morning called on donors to assist the Governments of the two countries of the Mission’s former area of operation to fulfil their increased responsibility in protecting civilians there.

General Assembly Adopts Landmark Texts on Protecting Coral Reefs, Mitigating Ill Effects of Chemical Munitions Dumped at Sea

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General Assembly Adopts Landmark Texts on Protecting Coral Reefs, Mitigating Ill Effects of Chemical Munitions Dumped at Sea

The General Assembly today adopted landmark draft resolutions setting forth strategies to protect coral reefs and mitigate the ill effects of chemical munitions dumped at sea, while declaring international years and decades for the promotion of sustainable energy, water cooperation and biodiversity.

One Year’s Global Military Spending Could Pay United Nations Budget for 732 Years, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Informal Meeting with Youth

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One Year’s Global Military Spending Could Pay United Nations Budget for 732 Years, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Informal Meeting with Youth

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery to the Security Council’s informal meeting with youth, in New York today, 21 December:
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