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Committee on Information Unanimously Approves Text Calling for Enhancing Multilingualism, Partnerships, Local Outreach as Session Concludes

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Committee on Information Unanimously Approves Text Calling for Enhancing Multilingualism, Partnerships, Local Outreach as Session Concludes

The Committee on Information today called on the United Nations Department of Public Information to bolster multilingualism, partnerships, efficiency and local outreach in order to heighten awareness of critical international issues.

Secretary-General, Addressing Istanbul Forum, Credits ‘Relentless’ Civil Society with Helping Advance Well—Being of Millions in Least Developed Countries

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Secretary-General, Addressing Istanbul Forum, Credits ‘Relentless’ Civil Society with Helping Advance Well—Being of Millions in Least Developed Countries

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening of the Civil Society Forum at the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, in Istanbul on 8 May:

Lawmakers Must ‘Own’ Action Programme for Least Developed Countries, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentarians’ Forum in Istanbul

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Lawmakers Must ‘Own’ Action Programme for Least Developed Countries, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentarians’ Forum in Istanbul

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening of the Parliamentarians’ Forum at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Istanbul on 8 May:

Secretary-General, in message to Photo Exhibit Opening, Hails UN Democracy Fund Support of Projects Promoting Human Rights, Empowering Civil Society

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Secretary-General, in message to Photo Exhibit Opening, Hails UN Democracy Fund Support of Projects Promoting Human Rights, Empowering Civil Society

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the opening of “The Doers of Democracy”, a photo exhibition featuring projects of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), delivered by Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York today, 9 May:

Secretary-General, Opening Key Conference in Istanbul, Calls for Recognizing Least Developed Countries as ‘Vast Reservoirs’ of Untapped Potential

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Secretary-General, Opening Key Conference in Istanbul, Calls for Recognizing Least Developed Countries as ‘Vast Reservoirs’ of Untapped Potential

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Istanbul today, 9 May:

Least Developed Nations Declare They Lived Up to Their End of Bargain, Say Donors Must Live Up to Theirs, as Istanbul Conference Continues

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Least Developed Nations Declare They Lived Up to Their End of Bargain, Say Donors Must Live Up to Theirs, as Istanbul Conference Continues

ISTANBUL, 9 May — Declaring that they had lived up to their end of the development partnership bargain, leaders from developing nations called for renewed political will from donors to help them stimulate economic activity, create jobs, participate as equals in global trade and turn back the ravages of poverty, as talks on a new 10-year development programme for the world’s poorest countries got under way in Istanbul this afternoon.

Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations Condemns Killings of United Nations Peacekeepers, Approving Draft Report as 2011 Session Concludes

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Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations Condemns Killings of United Nations Peacekeepers, Approving Draft Report as 2011 Session Concludes

Concluding its 2011 substantive session, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping today condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the killing of United Nations peacekeeping personnel, as well as targeted attacks and criminal acts, such as kidnapping and carjacking.
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