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General Assembly Reviews Performance of United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture, with National Ownership Emerging as Cornerstone of Effective Partnership

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General Assembly Reviews Performance of United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture, with National Ownership Emerging as Cornerstone of Effective Partnership

As the General Assembly today considered the recent progress reports of the two key bodies of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, delegates gave generally favourable reviews of their track records in responding to the needs and challenges on the ground of strife-torn and post-conflict countries.

Mongolian Delegation Tells of Death Penalty Moratorium, Landmark Gender Equality Legislation as Human Rights Council Takes Up Its Fifth Periodic Report

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Mongolian Delegation Tells of Death Penalty Moratorium, Landmark Gender Equality Legislation as Human Rights Council Takes Up Its Fifth Periodic Report

Mongolia had announced a moratorium on the death penalty in the last 10 years, in addition to having enacted a landmark gender equality law and streamlined procedures for registering non-governmental organizations with the State in order to improve their overall efficiency, the Human Rights Council heard today as it took up that country’s fifth periodic report.

Central African Ministers Adopt Common Position for Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations

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Central African Ministers Adopt Common Position for Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations

On 16 March, at its thirty-second ministerial meeting held in Sao Tomé, the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa adopted the “Sao Tomé Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the Arms Trade Treaty”. The United Nations Committee is composed of the following Member States: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.

Security Council Extends Mandate of Afghanistan Mission until 23 March 2012, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1974 (2011)

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Security Council Extends Mandate of Afghanistan Mission until 23 March 2012, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1974 (2011)

Stressing the importance of a comprehensive approach to challenges in Afghanistan and affirming the need to reinforce Afghan ownership of those efforts, the Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country, known as UNAMA, for one year, until 23 March 2012.

On Inauguration of ‘Right to Truth Day’, Secretary-General Calls for Recognition of Indispensable Role of Truth in Upholding Human Rights

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On Inauguration of ‘Right to Truth Day’, Secretary-General Calls for Recognition of Indispensable Role of Truth in Upholding Human Rights

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Right to the Truth of Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations, to be observed 24 March:
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