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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:

World Meteorological Organization, Its Network of Services in 189 Countries Critical to Meeting Climate Challenge, Says Secretary-General in Message

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World Meteorological Organization, Its Network of Services in 189 Countries Critical to Meeting Climate Challenge, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, to the Sixteenth Meteorological Congress, in Geneva, 16 May:

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, in Resumed Session, Recommends 43 Groups for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, in Resumed Session, Recommends 43 Groups for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 43 entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and postponed consideration of 18 applications, as it resumed its 2011 session.

International Community Should Commit to Matching Burundi’s Peace-Consolidation Efforts, Senior United Nations Officials Tell Security Council

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International Community Should Commit to Matching Burundi’s Peace-Consolidation Efforts, Senior United Nations Officials Tell Security Council

Welcoming Burundi’s “remarkable transition” towards democracy, national dialogue and good governance, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today that the Burundian Government’s peace-consolidation efforts should be matched by the international community’s commitment to help overcome the country’s “daunting” remaining socio-economic challenges.

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Amendments to 70 Entries on Its Consolidated List

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Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Amendments to 70 Entries on Its Consolidated List

On 12 May 2011, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the changes specified with strike-through and underline in the 70 entries below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Continued Obstructions to – and Denial of – Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Land, Forests Resulting in Ongoing Marginalization, Poverty Permanent Forum Told

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Continued Obstructions to – and Denial of – Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Land, Forests Resulting in Ongoing Marginalization, Poverty Permanent Forum Told

Despite progress made in ensuring the rights of indigenous communities around the world, indigenous peoples still lacked enough say in what happened on, and to, their territories, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was told today during a day-long discussion focused on the environment and free, prior and informed consent.
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