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Deputy Secretary-General, at Launch of Development Progress Report, Calls Findings ‘Playbook’ in Efforts to Score ‘Resounding Victory’ for Africa’s People

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Deputy Secretary-General, at Launch of Development Progress Report, Calls Findings ‘Playbook’ in Efforts to Score ‘Resounding Victory’ for Africa’s People

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s closing remarks at the launch of the 2011 report on assessing progress in Africa towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in New York on 6 October:

With Possibility Looming of Another ‘Lost Decade’ for Decolonization Process, Speakers in Fourth Committee Press for Concrete Actions to End Colonialism

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With Possibility Looming of Another ‘Lost Decade’ for Decolonization Process, Speakers in Fourth Committee Press for Concrete Actions to End Colonialism

The many decolonization achievements of the United Nations over the years could not be considered truly global while some peoples continued to live under colonial rule, Jamaica’s representative told the Fourth Committee today as it continued its consideration of decolonization issues.

Department of Public Information to Host Press Conferences by Human Rights Experts, in Conjunction with General Assembly’s Third Committee, 10 October - 1 November

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Department of Public Information to Host Press Conferences by Human Rights Experts, in Conjunction with General Assembly’s Third Committee, 10 October - 1 November

As the six Main Committees of the General Assembly begin their work, the Department of Public Information and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will hold a series of press conferences by human rights experts expected to attend this year’s session of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

Budget Committee Takes Up Reports of Office for Partnerships, Committee for Programme and Coordination

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Budget Committee Takes Up Reports of Office for Partnerships, Committee for Programme and Coordination

As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up its agenda item on programme planning today, delegates praised the work of the United Nations main subsidiary body for planning, programming and coordination and urged managers in the Secretariat to diligently implement its conclusions and recommendations concerning the programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013.

China Champions New Thinking on Security, Shaped by Mutual Trust, Mutual Benefit, Amid Calls in First Committee for Binding Pledges of Non Use of Nuclear Weapons

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China Champions New Thinking on Security, Shaped by Mutual Trust, Mutual Benefit, Amid Calls in First Committee for Binding Pledges of Non Use of Nuclear Weapons

The multipolar world of the twenty‑first century called for “a new thinking on security featuring mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and coordination”, China’s representative told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), even amid forceful calls by the non‑nuclear‑armed countries to bind and universalize the pledges that nuclear weapons would never be used against them.

Legal Committee Is Told Procedural Factors Impair Judicial Efforts to Deal with Criminal Misconduct by United Nations Personnel on Missions

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Legal Committee Is Told Procedural Factors Impair Judicial Efforts to Deal with Criminal Misconduct by United Nations Personnel on Missions

Jurisdictional fissures that allowed United Nations staff on mission to go unprosecuted for committing criminal acts threatened the reputation of the United Nations, some delegates told the Sixth Committee (Legal) today, as it addressed the issue of holding United Nations staff on mission accountable for criminal offences.

Deputy Secretary-General Urges Delegates at World Tourism Organization Assembly to Advocate for Tourism’s Potential to Create Jobs, Stimulate Local Economies

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Deputy Secretary-General Urges Delegates at World Tourism Organization Assembly to Advocate for Tourism’s Potential to Create Jobs, Stimulate Local Economies

Following are the remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at the opening of the nineteenth session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization General Assembly, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 9 October:
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