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Having Recommended Status for Nearly 150 Non-Governmental Organizations, Committee Adjourns Resumed Session amid Praise It Was ‘One of Most Successful Since 1990s’

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Having Recommended Status for Nearly 150 Non-Governmental Organizations, Committee Adjourns Resumed Session amid Praise It Was ‘One of Most Successful Since 1990s’

Wrapping up what the United Nations Secretariat called one of its “most successful sessions” since the 1990s, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) adjourned its resumed 2011 session today, having taken note of its draft report, to be adopted at a later date.

With Indigenous Children Facing ‘Lifetime of Exclusion’, UN Children’s Fund Developing Framework Strategy to Address Challenges, Permanent Forum Told

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With Indigenous Children Facing ‘Lifetime of Exclusion’, UN Children’s Fund Developing Framework Strategy to Address Challenges, Permanent Forum Told

A strategic approach was urgently needed to address “disturbing” gaps between the world’s richest and poorest children — in particular indigenous children — said delegates to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as it met with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representatives this morning.

Secretary-General Cites Early Response to Emerging Crises, Climate Change, Extreme Poverty as Areas for Joint Action with Non-Aligned Movement

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Secretary-General Cites Early Response to Emerging Crises, Climate Change, Extreme Poverty as Areas for Joint Action with Non-Aligned Movement

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by El‑Mostafa Benlamlih, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia, to the Sixteenth Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, in Bali, 25 May:

Secretary-General, at Extraordinary African Summit on Security Issues, Stresses Need for Continued Attention to Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, Somalia, Libya

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Secretary-General, at Extraordinary African Summit on Security Issues, Stresses Need for Continued Attention to Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, Somalia, Libya

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union on Peace and Security Issues in Africa in Addis Ababa, 25 May:

Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Regional Seminar on Eradication of Colonialism, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 31 May - 2 June

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Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Regional Seminar on Eradication of Colonialism, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 31 May - 2 June

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold its annual regional seminar in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 31 May to 2 June.

Secretary-General, at Launch of Initiatives on Women’s Education, Stresses Need to Fight Back against Unequal, Unfair Treatment

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Secretary-General, at Launch of Initiatives on Women’s Education, Stresses Need to Fight Back against Unequal, Unfair Treatment

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and the High-Level Panel on Girls’ and Women’s Education for Empowerment and Gender Equality, in Paris on 26 May:

Fifth Committee Hears Introduction of Draft Resolution on Financing United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

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Fifth Committee Hears Introduction of Draft Resolution on Financing United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

A draft resolution concerning the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was introduced today in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) by the representative of Argentina, on behalf of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China.

Resumed Organizational Session of Economic and Social Council Elects Members to Fill Vacancies in Three Subsidiary Bodies

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Resumed Organizational Session of Economic and Social Council Elects Members to Fill Vacancies in Three Subsidiary Bodies

In a resumed organizational session today, the Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in three of its subsidiary bodies, electing members by secret ballot and by acclamation. Voting by secret ballot, the Council elected Iran to a four-year term on the Commission on Population and Development, beginning today and expiring at the close of that body’s forty-eighth session in 2015.
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