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Security Council Committee on Côte d’Ivoire Adds Five Names to List of Individuals Subject to Measures Imposed by Resolutions 1572 (2004), 1643 (2005)

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On 30 March 2011, the Security Council, by paragraph 12 of resolution 1975 (2011), decided that the following five individuals (as cited in annex I of the resolution) shall be subject to financial and travel measures imposed by paragraphs 9 to 11 of resolution 1572 (2004):

Rule of Law Critical in Preventing Conflict, Providing Platform for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

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Following are the closing remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at the interactive thematic debate of the General Assembly on “The Rule of Law and Global Challenges”, in New York, 11 April:

Keynote Speaker, Delegates Urge Greater Investment in Family Planning Services as Commission on Population and Development Continues General Debate

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Robust investments in family planning services could pay immense dividends in the battle to achieve development targets, delegates and experts said today as the Commission on Population and Development continued the 2011 general debate of its forty-fourth session.

Secretary-General, in Doha, Says World Community Took Decisive Steps to Protect Civilians in Libya; Critical to Act Together as Crisis Continues

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the next steps in implementing Security Council resolution 1973 (2011) to the Libya Contact Group in Doha, Qatar, 13 April:

Top UN Official Tells Security Council Post-Electoral Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire Ended; Says 'I Remain Hopeful', as Country Moves towards Reconciliation, Reconstruction

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Critical challenges in Côte d’Ivoire following the surrender of recalcitrant former President Laurent Gbagbo — whose greed brought on an utterly unnecessary four-month, post-electoral crisis — included restoration of order, prevention of further human rights abuses, national reconciliation and rebuilding and completion of the peace process, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General told the Security Council this morning.

Commission on Population and Development Hears Divergent Views as Issue of Abortion Takes Centre Stage in Continuing General Debate

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With more than 50,000 women dying annually from unsafe abortions, especially in Africa and South-Central Asia, Governments everywhere must make greater efforts to ensure that the old-age and widespread practice of abortion was safe, legal and available to all women and girls, today’s keynote speaker told the Commission on Population and Development as it continued its general debate.