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Restoring Order Key to National Reconciliation, Economic Recovery, All Other Tasks in Côte d’Ivoire, Special Representative Tells Security Council

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Restoring Order Key to National Reconciliation, Economic Recovery, All Other Tasks in Côte d’Ivoire, Special Representative Tells Security Council

While efforts to achieve national reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire, prepare for legislative elections later this year and make headway on economic recovery were moving in the right direction, a rapid restoration of law and order was of “primordial” importance in ensuring that all other tasks could be carried out, Choi Young-jin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, told the Security Council today.

Enhancing Aid for Trade Can Be Cornerstone of Partnership between World Trade Organization and UN System’s Development Agencies, Says Secretary-General

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Enhancing Aid for Trade Can Be Cornerstone of Partnership between World Trade Organization and UN System’s Development Agencies, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World Trade Organization’s third Global Review of Aid for Trade, in Geneva, today, 19 July:

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Two Names to Its Sanctions List

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Two Names to Its Sanctions List

On 18 July 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the two entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Women in Republic of Korea Enjoy ‘Considerably Advanced Degree of Freedom, Rights Across All Sectors — Economy, Politics, Culture’, Expert Committee Told

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Women in Republic of Korea Enjoy ‘Considerably Advanced Degree of Freedom, Rights Across All Sectors — Economy, Politics, Culture’, Expert Committee Told

The progress of a general law against gender discrimination, the adequacy of programmes meant to address the low participation of women in elected positions and the vulnerability of divorced migrant women were discussed today by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as it took up the Republic of Korea’s seventh periodic report.

With Environmental Refugees Reshaping Human Geography, Security Council Has Unique Duty to Mobilize Action to Confront Climate Change Threat, Says Secretary-General

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With Environmental Refugees Reshaping Human Geography, Security Council Has Unique Duty to Mobilize Action to Confront Climate Change Threat, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council on the impact of climate change on international peace and security, today, 20 July, in New York:
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