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Secretary-General, in Message to World Food Security Committee, Says Combating Hunger among Foundations of Millennium Development Goals

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Secretary-General, in Message to World Food Security Committee, Says Combating Hunger among Foundations of Millennium Development Goals

This is the text of the message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to the Committee on World Food Security, in Rome, delivered by David Nabarro, Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition:

‘The Stakes Are High,’ Secretary-General Says, Urging Parties to Desertification Treaty to Make Intelligent Land Use Cornerstone of Sustainable Development

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‘The Stakes Are High,’ Secretary-General Says, Urging Parties to Desertification Treaty to Make Intelligent Land Use Cornerstone of Sustainable Development

Following is the full text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Tenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, today, 17 October, in Changwon, Republic of Korea:

Budget Committee Examines Measures Aimed at Streamlining Organization’s Human Resources Management, Bolster Ethics Bodies

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Budget Committee Examines Measures Aimed at Streamlining Organization’s Human Resources Management, Bolster Ethics Bodies

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today directed its attention to a wide range of human resources management issues — from the geographical make-up of the Secretariat’s tens of thousands of staff to the ethical rules guiding the everyday decisions of employees at all levels — as Secretariat officials introduced more than a half dozen reports.

Special Rapporteur Highlights ‘Negative, Even Catastrophic’ Impact of Extractive Industries on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in Third Committee Statement

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Special Rapporteur Highlights ‘Negative, Even Catastrophic’ Impact of Extractive Industries on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in Third Committee Statement

Underscoring the “negative, even catastrophic impact” of extractive industries on the social, cultural and political rights of indigenous peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today that the issue would be a major focus during his second mandated term which runs until May 2014.
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