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Deputy Secretary-General Reports to Economic and Social Council on Steps Taken to Further System-Wide Coherence at United Nations

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Deputy Secretary-General Reports to Economic and Social Council on Steps Taken to Further System-Wide Coherence at United Nations

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at an informal briefing to the Economic and Social Council on progress in implementing General Assembly resolution 64/289 on system-wide coherence, in New York, 17 February:

Commission on Status of Women to Promote Access to Education, Training, Science, Technology during Fifty-fifth Session at Headquarters, 22 February-4 March

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Commission on Status of Women to Promote Access to Education, Training, Science, Technology during Fifty-fifth Session at Headquarters, 22 February-4 March

The Commission on the Status of Women will hold its fifty-fifth session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 February to 4 March 2011, two weeks that will bring together Government officials and representatives of the United Nations, civil society, the media and the private sector.

Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Structure of World Food Programme’s Executive Board, Defers Three Draft Decisions on 2011 Substantive Session

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Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Structure of World Food Programme’s Executive Board, Defers Three Draft Decisions on 2011 Substantive Session

The Economic and Social Council today forwarded to the General Assembly a resolution concerning the structure of the World Food Programme’s Executive Board, essentially maintaining the current distribution of seats and rotation pattern.

Commission for Social Development Concludes Forty-ninth Session Urging, in One of Five Resolutions, Debt Relief, Market Access to Address Poverty

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Commission for Social Development Concludes Forty-ninth Session Urging, in One of Five Resolutions, Debt Relief, Market Access to Address Poverty

The Commission for Social Development wrapped up its forty-ninth session today by approving without a vote five draft resolutions calling for wide-ranging steps, from support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the upcoming review of the action plan on ageing to improving the lot of youth, persons with disabilities and families.

Security Council Fails to Adopt Text Demanding That Israel Halt Settlement Activity as Permanent Member Casts Negative Vote

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Security Council Fails to Adopt Text Demanding That Israel Halt Settlement Activity as Permanent Member Casts Negative Vote

The Security Council today failed to adopt a text that would have described as “illegal” Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 while reiterating demands that all settlement activity cease immediately.
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