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Parties to Conflict Must Treat Education, Health Facilities as Zones of Peace, Secretary-General Stresses at Event on Attacks against Schools, Hospitals

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Parties to Conflict Must Treat Education, Health Facilities as Zones of Peace, Secretary-General Stresses at Event on Attacks against Schools, Hospitals

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event on attacks on schools and hospitals in armed conflict, hosted by the German Mission to the United Nations in New York today, 30 June:

Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending That General Assembly Review Implementation of Peacekeeping Proposals by Subsidiary Body

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Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending That General Assembly Review Implementation of Peacekeeping Proposals by Subsidiary Body

Convinced that the United Nations must continue to improve its peacekeeping capabilities and enhance the effective deployment of its operations, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved, without a vote, a draft resolution by which the General Assembly would review the implementation of previous proposals of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and consider new ones, so that the Organization could fulfil its responsibilities in that field.

Concerned about Recent Threats to Long-standing Ceasefire, Security Council Renews Mandate of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

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Concerned about Recent Threats to Long-standing Ceasefire, Security Council Renews Mandate of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

Expressing grave concern about the serious events that had occurred in the area of operations of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on 15 May and 5 June, jeopardizing the long-standing ceasefire between Israel and Syria, the Security Council today renewed the mandate of the Force charged with supervising the ceasefire since 1974 for six months, until 31 December 2011.

Secretary-General Cites Growing Threat of Organized Transnational Crime, Small Arms Proliferation in Message to Caribbean Community Summit

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Secretary-General Cites Growing Threat of Organized Transnational Crime, Small Arms Proliferation in Message to Caribbean Community Summit

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirty-second meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, today, 30 June:

In Egypt, Tunisia and Elsewhere, Women Are in Vanguard of Demanding Democratic Change, Says Secretary-General in Message, Calling for Faster, Wider Progress

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In Egypt, Tunisia and Elsewhere, Women Are in Vanguard of Demanding Democratic Change, Says Secretary-General in Message, Calling for Faster, Wider Progress

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivery by Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, to the High-level Forum on “Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices”, in Vilnius today, 30 June:
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