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Economic and Social Council Has Opportunity to Reinvigorate Political Commitment to Global Sustainable Development, Says UN Chief of Economic and Social Affairs

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Economic and Social Council Has Opportunity to Reinvigorate Political Commitment to Global Sustainable Development, Says UN Chief of Economic and Social Affairs

Acting on a number of organizational issues, the Economic and Social Council today decided that its meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) would be held at Headquarters on 10 and 11 March. Approving the provisional agenda for its 2011 substantive session, as orally corrected, the Council also adopted working arrangements for that four-week session.

Inequality Not Just about Slice of ‘Proverbial Pie’, but about Ensuring Everyone’s Involvement in Its ‘Baking and Feast’, Secretary-General Tells University Students

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Inequality Not Just about Slice of ‘Proverbial Pie’, but about Ensuring Everyone’s Involvement in Its ‘Baking and Feast’, Secretary-General Tells University Students

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, as prepared for delivery, at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (National University of San Marcos), in Lima, Peru, 15 February:

Social Policy Can Place Nation on Firm Footing towards Sustained Growth if Broader Socioeconomic, Political Goals Also Addressed, Social Development Commission Told

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Social Policy Can Place Nation on Firm Footing towards Sustained Growth if Broader Socioeconomic, Political Goals Also Addressed, Social Development Commission Told

Social policy could only be transformative and successful in reducing poverty and putting a nation on a path to sustainable, equitable growth if it was integral to policies that addressed broader socioeconomic and political goals, Sarah Cook, Director of the UNRISD, told the Commission on Social Development today as it continued its forty-ninth session.

Security Council Authorizes Three-Month Extension of Temporary Redeployment from Liberia Mission to United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

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Security Council Authorizes Three-Month Extension of Temporary Redeployment from Liberia Mission to United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

The Security Council today authorized a three-month extension of the temporary redeployment of infantry and aviation units from the United Nations Mission in Liberia to the Organization’s Operation in Côte d’Ivoire.

Special Representative, Briefing Security Council, Stresses Need for Serbia, Kosovo to Launch Dialogue, Work towards Solving Critical Regional Issues

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Special Representative, Briefing Security Council, Stresses Need for Serbia, Kosovo to Launch Dialogue, Work towards Solving Critical Regional Issues

There was a pressing need to launch the internationally-mandated dialogue between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, long delayed by political turmoil in Kosovo, and to work towards viable cooperation on peace and security as well as other critical issues facing the region, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council today.

Continuing 2011 Organizational Session, Economic and Social Council Hears Report of Chairman of Its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti

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Continuing 2011 Organizational Session, Economic and Social Council Hears Report of Chairman of Its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti

As Haiti prepared for its second round of presidential elections on 20 March, United Nations officials told the Economic and Social Council today that political stability in the Caribbean nation could only be achieved by Haitians themselves, urging that utmost care be taken to ensure the appointment of a responsible Government to lead the people through the next stage of recovery and reconstruction.
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