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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Special Consultative Status for 11 Entities, Defers Consideration of 40, as Resumed Session Continues

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Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Special Consultative Status for 11 Entities, Defers Consideration of 40, as Resumed Session Continues

Continuing its resumed 2011 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations recommended special consultative status for 11 entities to the Economic and Social Council, postponing consideration of an additional 40 until answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions were supplied.

Top Peacekeeping Officials, Briefing Security Council, Stress Need to Avoid ‘Acrimonious’ Split between Northern, Southern Sudan

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Top Peacekeeping Officials, Briefing Security Council, Stress Need to Avoid ‘Acrimonious’ Split between Northern, Southern Sudan

With several vexing issues needing resolution before a peaceful separation could occur in Sudan, senior United Nations officials briefed the Security Council today on the necessity of avoiding “an acrimonious divorce with lasting consequences” as they discussed the fate of the world body’s six-year-old mission in the country, whose mandate was set to expire on 9 July, the day on which the Government of South Sudan was poised officially to declare independence from Khartoum.

Secretary-General Hails Fiftieth Anniversary since Historic Earth Orbit, 50 Years of Outer Space Committee’s Efforts to Push New Frontiers

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Secretary-General Hails Fiftieth Anniversary since Historic Earth Orbit, 50 Years of Outer Space Committee’s Efforts to Push New Frontiers

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and the fiftieth anniversary of human space flight, in Vienna today, 1 June:

As with So Many Other Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples Suffer Disproportionate Violations of Right to Safe Water, Sanitation, Permanent Forum Told

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As with So Many Other Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples Suffer Disproportionate Violations of Right to Safe Water, Sanitation, Permanent Forum Told

With nearly a billion people living without access to an improved water source and 2.5 billion lacking access to improved sanitation facilities, the world faced a “true crisis” the Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, during a half-day discussion on the right to water.

United Nations General Assembly to Debate Green Economy, Key Theme for Rio+20

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United Nations General Assembly to Debate Green Economy, Key Theme for Rio+20

To help promote a better understanding on the concept of the green economy — one of the biggest emerging issues as countries seek to promote economic development, poverty eradication and the protection of the environment — the United Nations General Assembly is convening a one-day thematic debate on Thursday, 2 June.
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