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Opening 2011 Session of Committee on NGOs, Officials Hail ‘Unprecedented’ Surge in Civil Society’s Desire to Participate More Actively with United Nations

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Opening 2011 Session of Committee on NGOs, Officials Hail ‘Unprecedented’ Surge in Civil Society’s Desire to Participate More Actively with United Nations

Recalling that civil society involvement in the 2010 Millennium Development Goals summit this past September had influenced the outcome of that gathering of world leaders, Nikhil Seth, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, stressed time management in the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations as the key to coping with the increasing enthusiasm of such groups wishing to work more closely with the United Nations.

Secretary-General Hails Launch of Website for Permanent Memorial Honouring Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade, Urges Efforts to Combat Slavery’s Contemporary Forms

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Secretary-General Hails Launch of Website for Permanent Memorial Honouring Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade, Urges Efforts to Combat Slavery’s Contemporary Forms

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the launch of the website for the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, today, 1 February, in New York:

Committee on NGOs Grants Consultative Status to 17 Civil Society Groups, Approves One Bid for Roster Status, Postpones Consideration of 39 Others

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Committee on NGOs Grants Consultative Status to 17 Civil Society Groups, Approves One Bid for Roster Status, Postpones Consideration of 39 Others

During the second day of deliberations at its 2011 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for 17 organizations and roster status for one, while it postponed consideration of 39 other applications pending receipt of additional information from the civil society groups.

2011 International Year of Forests Creates Platform to Educate about Forests’ Value — Social, Environmental Costs of Losing Them, Secretary-General Says

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2011 International Year of Forests Creates Platform to Educate about Forests’ Value — Social, Environmental Costs of Losing Them, Secretary-General Says

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the launch of the International Year of Forests, 2011, today, 2 February, in New York:
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