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Secretary-General, in Doha, Says World Community Took Decisive Steps to Protect Civilians in Libya; Critical to Act Together as Crisis Continues

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Secretary-General, in Doha, Says World Community Took Decisive Steps to Protect Civilians in Libya; Critical to Act Together as Crisis Continues

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the next steps in implementing Security Council resolution 1973 (2011) to the Libya Contact Group in Doha, Qatar, 13 April:

Top UN Official Tells Security Council Post-Electoral Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire Ended; Says 'I Remain Hopeful', as Country Moves towards Reconciliation, Reconstruction

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Top UN Official Tells Security Council Post-Electoral Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire Ended; Says 'I Remain Hopeful', as Country Moves towards Reconciliation, Reconstruction

Critical challenges in Côte d’Ivoire following the surrender of recalcitrant former President Laurent Gbagbo — whose greed brought on an utterly unnecessary four-month, post-electoral crisis — included restoration of order, prevention of further human rights abuses, national reconciliation and rebuilding and completion of the peace process, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General told the Security Council this morning.

As UN Responds to Events Reflected in Daily Headlines, Expanded Concept of Security Needed for Wide Range of Threats, Says Deputy Secretary General to General Assembly

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As UN Responds to Events Reflected in Daily Headlines, Expanded Concept of Security Needed for Wide Range of Threats, Says Deputy Secretary General to General Assembly

Following are the remarks of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro to the General Assembly’s informal thematic debate on human security, 14 April:

Civilian Protection Measures Not Comprehensive Unless Systematically Include ‘Efforts to End Sexual Violence before It Has Begun’, Security Council Told

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Civilian Protection Measures Not Comprehensive Unless Systematically Include ‘Efforts to End Sexual Violence before It Has Begun’, Security Council Told

Civilian protection initiatives, such as in Libya, would not be comprehensive unless they systematically included “efforts to end sexual violence before it has begun”, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict told the Security Council today. “Even in the ‘tyranny of the emergency’, before hard evidence emerges, and though it may not be obvious what gender has to do with ‘arms embargoes’ or ‘no-fly zones’, we must remember women,” Margot Wallström said.

Speakers Link Higher Education among Girls to Declining Fertility Rates as Commission on Population and Development Continues Session

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Speakers Link Higher Education among Girls to Declining Fertility Rates as Commission on Population and Development Continues Session

Higher levels of education, particularly among girls, had a strong correlation to declining fertility and better development outcomes, delegates and experts said today as the Commission on Population and Development continued its forty-fourth session.

In World of Unpredictable Threats, Expanded Concept of Security Needed to Encompass Broad Range of Conditions Endangering Survival, Dignity, General Assembly Told

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In World of Unpredictable Threats, Expanded Concept of Security Needed to Encompass Broad Range of Conditions Endangering Survival, Dignity, General Assembly Told

In a world where threats could be as sudden and unpredictable as a tsunami or as protracted and unyielding as an oppressive dictatorship, an expanded paradigm of security was needed to encompass the broad range of conditions threatening people’s survival, livelihoods and dignity, United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today, as she opened the General Assembly’s informal thematic debate on human security.
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