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Women’s Anti-discrimination Committee Adopts Observations, Recommendations on Eight National Reports as Forty-ninth Session Concludes

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Women’s Anti-discrimination Committee Adopts Observations, Recommendations on Eight National Reports as Forty-ninth Session Concludes

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded its work today by adopting observations and recommendations arising from its consideration of eight country reports that it took up during its forty-ninth session.

General Assembly Wraps Up Two Meetings — on Achieving Human Right to Water and Sanitation; Revitalizing Conference on Disarmament

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General Assembly Wraps Up Two Meetings — on Achieving Human Right to Water and Sanitation; Revitalizing Conference on Disarmament

As the General Assembly concluded its debate today on challenges to achieving the human right to water and sanitation in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, delegates shed light on their nations’ struggles to resolve the practical implications of that quest.

Security Council Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Adds Two Individuals to List of Individuals and Entities

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Security Council Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Adds Two Individuals to List of Individuals and Entities

On 28 July 2011, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea added two individuals to the list of individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844 (2008):

Security Council Tightens Sanctions Regime on Somalia, Eritrea, Extending Mandate of Monitoring Group for 12 Months

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Security Council Tightens Sanctions Regime on Somalia, Eritrea, Extending Mandate of Monitoring Group for 12 Months

The Security Council today tightened its sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea to include individuals and entities identified as political or military leaders recruiting or using child soldiers in Somalia’s armed conflicts, and targeting civilians or committing attacks against schools and hospitals in the conflict-torn Horn of Africa country.

Secretary-General Appoints Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders of Netherlands as Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire

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Secretary-General Appoints Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders of Netherlands as Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Albert Gerard (Bert) Koenders of the Netherlands as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI). He will replace Choi Young-jin of the Republic of Korea, who will complete his assignment on 31 August 2011.

Exhibit of Best Press Photographs Opens at United Nations Headquarters 4 August; Winning Photo by South African Depicts Young Afghan Woman

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Exhibit of Best Press Photographs Opens at United Nations Headquarters 4 August; Winning Photo by South African Depicts Young Afghan Woman

An exhibition of the best press photographs of 2010 will open in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at United Nations Headquarters in New York at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 4 August. This traveling exhibition of winning images selected at the fifty-fourth annual World Press Photo Contest in Amsterdam will be on display until 28 August.
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