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Secretary-General, at Signing of Colombia’s Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, Says ‘Real Transforming Effect on the Ground’ Must Accompany New Law

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Secretary-General, at Signing of Colombia’s Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, Says ‘Real Transforming Effect on the Ground’ Must Accompany New Law

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the signing ceremony for the Victims’ Rights and Land Restitution Bill, in Bogota on 10 June:

Special Committee on Decolonization, Resuming 2011 Session, Considers Gibraltar, Western Sahara Disputes, Approves Three Drafts on Non-Self-Governing Territories

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Special Committee on Decolonization, Resuming 2011 Session, Considers Gibraltar, Western Sahara Disputes, Approves Three Drafts on Non-Self-Governing Territories

Resuming its 2011 session this morning, the Special Committee on Decolonization approved requests for hearings from several Non-Self-Governing Territories in the coming days and approved without a vote three draft resolutions concerning the transmission and dissemination of information on decolonization.

By Daring to Be Bold, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation ‘Changed Way We Wage War against Preventable Disease’, Says Secretary-General in Message

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By Daring to Be Bold, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation ‘Changed Way We Wage War against Preventable Disease’, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) pledging conference, delivered by Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in London on 13 June:

Convention on Law of the Sea Elects Bureau Members, Adopts Provisional Agenda As It Begins Twenty-first Meeting of States Parties

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Convention on Law of the Sea Elects Bureau Members, Adopts Provisional Agenda As It Begins Twenty-first Meeting of States Parties

With the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea steadily approaching universal participation, the twenty-first Meeting of States Parties to that treaty opened today with the election of several Bureau members and the adoption of the provisional agenda for its week-long session.

With South Sudan’s Independence Weeks Away, Deputy Secretary-General Says Economic and Social Council, Peacebuilding Commission Well Placed to Provide Support

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With South Sudan’s Independence Weeks Away, Deputy Secretary-General Says Economic and Social Council, Peacebuilding Commission Well Placed to Provide Support

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the event organized by the Economic and Social Council and Peacebuilding Commission on promoting durable peace and sustainable development in Sudan and South Sudan, yesterday, 13 June:

‘Not a Moment to Lose,’ Warns Deputy Secretary-General at General Assembly’s Development Dialogue, as 2015 Nears Amid ‘Vast Backlog of Deprivation’

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‘Not a Moment to Lose,’ Warns Deputy Secretary-General at General Assembly’s Development Dialogue, as 2015 Nears Amid ‘Vast Backlog of Deprivation’

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks at the General Assembly development dialogue, in New York on 14 June:

Headquarters Screening of Animated Movie ‘Rio’ Will Mark Beginning of One-year Countdown to United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 15 June

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Headquarters Screening of Animated Movie ‘Rio’ Will Mark Beginning of One-year Countdown to United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 15 June

With “Rio+20” just under one year away (4-6 June 2012), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations will host a screening of the film, Rio, with special appearances by director Carlos Saldanha and the cast.
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