Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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Security Council Press Statement on Deadly Moscow Bombing
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ivan Barbalić (Bosnia and Herzegovina):
New Permanent Representative of Ethiopia Presents Credentials
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The new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations, Tekeda Alemu, today presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Deletion of Two Entries from Consolidated List
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On 22 January 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from its Consolidated List.
‘Score the Goals’ Comic Book, Featuring Star Athletes on Journey to Fulfil Millennium Development Goals, Launched at United Nations in Geneva
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Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, along with Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, today launched the new comic book Score the Goals: Teaming Up to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, at the United Nations in Geneva.
Under-Secretary-General Calls for ‘People-Centred’ Approach to Managing Forest Lands as Forum Begins Ninth Session at Headquarters
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As the United Nations Forum on Forests began its ninth session today, the world body’s top development official stressed the need for a people-centred approach to managing forest lands, which would take into account not only their environmental riches but also their economic, social and cultural value.
Secretary-General, at Humanitarian Funding Event, Says Proactive Sharing of Budget Information Would Help in Predicting Resource Needs for Life-Saving Work
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Humanitarian Funding Conference in Geneva today, 25 January:
Secretary-General Welcomes Surrender of FDLR Executive Secretary Callixte Mbarushimana to International Criminal Court
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Secretary-General Urges Human Rights Council to Avoid Narrow Considerations, Selectivity; Supports Independence while Condemning ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva today, 25 January:
In Race between Pirates and International Community, Pirates Clearly Winning, Secretary-General’s Top Legal Adviser on Piracy Warns Security Council
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As pirates tightened their grip in the waters off the Somali coast and surrounding Indian Ocean, the Secretary-General’s top adviser on the legal issues related to that menace proposed a series of far-reaching measures to the Security Council today on how to lift the legal constraints to prosecute and imprison the pirates and criminalize their sea-borne raids in all States.