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Least Developed Countries Hailed for Showing Ownership, Leadership as Preparatory Committee Concludes Meeting on Upcoming Conference

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Least Developed Countries Hailed for Showing Ownership, Leadership as Preparatory Committee Concludes Meeting on Upcoming Conference

The Secretary-General of the upcoming Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries today praised those nations for showing “their ownership and leadership” in submitting a comprehensive, ambitious and forward-looking draft programme of action to be adopted at the May event.

Alarmed by Surging Construction Activity, Palestinian Rights Committee Supports Call for Israel to Choose between Peace, Settlements

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Alarmed by Surging Construction Activity, Palestinian Rights Committee Supports Call for Israel to Choose between Peace, Settlements

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People adopted on 14 January the following statement on Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem:

Secretary-General Appoints Christian Manahl of Austria Deputy Special Representative for Somalia

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Secretary-General Appoints Christian Manahl of Austria Deputy Special Representative for Somalia

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christian Manahl of Austria as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia. He brings to the position a wealth of experience in conflict prevention and management, governance, rule of law, strategic and contingency planning, institutional cooperation and the mobilization and coordination of assistance.

In Regional Workshop, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to Partner with Media in Promoting Peace, Disarmament in Asia-Pacific, 20-21 January

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In Regional Workshop, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to Partner with Media in Promoting Peace, Disarmament in Asia-Pacific, 20-21 January

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, and in cooperation with the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, is organizing a regional workshop entitled “Strengthening the Capacity of the Media in Advocating and Promoting Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific”. The workshop will take place in Beijing, China, on 20-21 January.

Economic and Social Council Can Contribute Where it Counts — in Field, in Areas Blighted by Poverty, War, Natural Disasters, Says Deputy Secretary-General

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Economic and Social Council Can Contribute Where it Counts — in Field, in Areas Blighted by Poverty, War, Natural Disasters, Says Deputy Secretary-General

This year would be an important one for the United Nations and its work around the world, and the Economic and Social Council would be an important actor in addressing the eight strategic opportunities identified by the Secretary-General as capable of reaping the greatest gains, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today.

Southern Sudan Referendum Was Timely, Fair, Peaceful, Credible, Chair of Monitoring Panel Tells Security Council

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Southern Sudan Referendum Was Timely, Fair, Peaceful, Credible, Chair of Monitoring Panel Tells Security Council

The conduct of the referendum in Southern Sudan had been timely, fair, peaceful and credible in a way that no one could have predicted just a few months ago, Benjamin Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, said this morning as the Security Council heard briefings on the event, which took place between 9 and 15 January.
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