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Protecting Civilians, Securing Commitment for Negotiations, Plan for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Key Priorities for United Nations in Libya, Security Council Told

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Protecting Civilians, Securing Commitment for Negotiations, Plan for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Key Priorities for United Nations in Libya, Security Council Told

Protection of civilians, securing a commitment for indirect negotiations and planning for post-conflict peacebuilding were the key priorities of the United Nations in Libya, the Organization’s top political official told the Security Council this morning.

United Nations, African Union Must Support ‘Legitimate Aspirations of the People’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Special Event for Africa Day

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United Nations, African Union Must Support ‘Legitimate Aspirations of the People’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Special Event for Africa Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the special event on “Forging closer links between Africa and the Diaspora”, organized in New York by the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union, and delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the occasion of Africa Day 2011, today, 31 May:

World Must Stay Fixed on Ultimate Objective of General and Complete Disarmament; Deterrence Only Invites Endless Arms Races, Says Secretary-General

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World Must Stay Fixed on Ultimate Objective of General and Complete Disarmament; Deterrence Only Invites Endless Arms Races, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the conference on “Promoting the Global Instruments of Non-proliferation and Disarmament: The United Nations and the Nuclear Challenge”, in New York, today, 31 May:

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Special Consultative Status for 11 Entities, Defers Consideration of 40, as Resumed Session Continues

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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Special Consultative Status for 11 Entities, Defers Consideration of 40, as Resumed Session Continues

Continuing its resumed 2011 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations recommended special consultative status for 11 entities to the Economic and Social Council, postponing consideration of an additional 40 until answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions were supplied.

Top Peacekeeping Officials, Briefing Security Council, Stress Need to Avoid ‘Acrimonious’ Split between Northern, Southern Sudan

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Top Peacekeeping Officials, Briefing Security Council, Stress Need to Avoid ‘Acrimonious’ Split between Northern, Southern Sudan

With several vexing issues needing resolution before a peaceful separation could occur in Sudan, senior United Nations officials briefed the Security Council today on the necessity of avoiding “an acrimonious divorce with lasting consequences” as they discussed the fate of the world body’s six-year-old mission in the country, whose mandate was set to expire on 9 July, the day on which the Government of South Sudan was poised officially to declare independence from Khartoum.
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