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Deeming Need for ‘Urgent’ Response to Situation in Abyei, Sudan, Security Council Decides to Deploy Peacekeeping Force to Area, Unanimously Adopting 1990 (2011)

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Deeming Need for ‘Urgent’ Response to Situation in Abyei, Sudan, Security Council Decides to Deploy Peacekeeping Force to Area, Unanimously Adopting 1990 (2011)

Deeply concerned by the violence, escalating tensions and population displacement in Sudan’s Abyei region and recognizing that the situation demanded an urgent response, the Security Council today authorized the deployment of a peacekeeping force to the disputed area, which straddles Northern and Southern Sudan and is claimed by both.

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Briefing Security Council on Libya Situation, Says Negotiation Process Must Have Time ‘to Grow and Bear Fruit’

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Briefing Security Council on Libya Situation, Says Negotiation Process Must Have Time ‘to Grow and Bear Fruit’

While Libyan authorities and opposition leaders remained far from agreement, a nascent negotiation process had started and “must be given space to grow and bear fruit”, the top United Nations political affairs official told the Security Council today as he called for a clear, consistent and coherent message on a political solution.

We Must Carry Public-Private Collaboration Forward to ‘Rio+20’ Conference, Secretary-General Tells Global Compact Board Lunch

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We Must Carry Public-Private Collaboration Forward to ‘Rio+20’ Conference, Secretary-General Tells Global Compact Board Lunch

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Kim Won-soo, Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Chef de Cabinet, to the lunch with ambassadors and the United Nations Global Compact Board held in New York on 21 June:

North, South Sign Interim Agreement to Pull Troops Out of Disputed Abyei Region, Security Council told in Briefing on Sudan

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North, South Sign Interim Agreement to Pull Troops Out of Disputed Abyei Region, Security Council told in Briefing on Sudan

Northern and Southern Sudan today signed an agreement to pull their troops out of the disputed central Abyei region, scene of fierce fighting over the past few weeks, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki announced as he urged the Security Council to move quickly to ensure implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the two sides.
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