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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to Review Progress, at Headquarters 16-27 May; Implementation of Recommendations on Development, Environment, Consent to Be Focus

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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to Review Progress, at Headquarters 16-27 May; Implementation of Recommendations on Development, Environment, Consent to Be Focus

More than 1,300 delegates are expected to attend the tenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at Headquarters in New York from 16 to 27 May. This year’s Permanent Forum will be especially significant, since it is a review year, which will focus on the implementation of Forum recommendations on economic and social development, the environment and free, prior and informed consent.

Secretary-General Appoints Mariano Fernández of Chile as Special Representative for Haiti and Head of Stabilization Mission There

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Secretary-General Appoints Mariano Fernández of Chile as Special Representative for Haiti and Head of Stabilization Mission There

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Mariano Fernández of Chile as his Special Representative for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

New Action Programme Vows to Halve Number of Least Developed Countries by 2020, as United Nations Conference Closes in Istanbul

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New Action Programme Vows to Halve Number of Least Developed Countries by 2020, as United Nations Conference Closes in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, 13 May — Slashing by half the list of 48 States with the most extreme poverty and vulnerability to crises is the goal of a new 10-year action plan agreed by the world’s Governments at the conclusion this evening in Istanbul, Turkey, of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

Sustainable Development Commission Concludes Session without Agreement on 10-Year Framework, Policy Options on Transport, Mining, Waste, Chemicals

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Sustainable Development Commission Concludes Session without Agreement on 10-Year Framework, Policy Options on Transport, Mining, Waste, Chemicals

The Commission on Sustainable Development ended its nineteenth session early Saturday morning, unable to agree on policy decisions on practical measures to advance chemical and waste management, transform transport and mining practices, and establish a long-awaited 10-Year Framework of Programmes for sustainable consumption and production patterns, which was first called for at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development.

To Lift People Out of Poverty, Must ‘Connect the Dots’ between Climate Change, Issues of Water, Energy, Food, Says Secretary-General in Message

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To Lift People Out of Poverty, Must ‘Connect the Dots’ between Climate Change, Issues of Water, Energy, Food, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Jean Christophe Bouvier, Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Europe, to the Fourth Nevsky International Ecological Congress, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 16 May:
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