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Secretary-General, in Message to Forum on Child Rights Convention, Says Growing Socio-economic Disparities Threaten Poor, Other Marginalized Children

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Secretary-General, in Message to Forum on Child Rights Convention, Says Growing Socio-economic Disparities Threaten Poor, Other Marginalized Children

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the second Forum on the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on 17 November:

Third Committee Approves Resolution Recommending Adoption of United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training

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Third Committee Approves Resolution Recommending Adoption of United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today approved by consensus a draft resolution that would have the General Assembly adopt the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training.

Second Committee Approves Text Relating to Permanent Palestinian Sovereignty over Resources in Occupied Territories, Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores

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Second Committee Approves Text Relating to Permanent Palestinian Sovereignty over Resources in Occupied Territories, Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores

The General Assembly would demand that Israel stop exploiting, damaging, depleting, and endangering the natural resources in occupied Arab lands, according to the terms of one of seven draft resolutions approved today by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

Third Committee Approves Text Stressing Critical Importance of Women's Political Participation in All Contexts — Peace, Conflict, Political Transition

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Third Committee Approves Text Stressing Critical Importance of Women's Political Participation in All Contexts — Peace, Conflict, Political Transition

Stressing the critical importance of women’s political participation in all contexts, including in times of peace, conflict and in all stages of political transition, the General Assembly would call upon all States to eliminate laws, regulations and practices that prevent or restrict women’s participation in the political process by a draft text approved by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today without a vote.

Palestinian Rights Committee Asks General Assembly to Stress Urgency of Salvaging Prospects for Peace, by One of Four Draft Resolutions Approved Today

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Palestinian Rights Committee Asks General Assembly to Stress Urgency of Salvaging Prospects for Peace, by One of Four Draft Resolutions Approved Today

The Palestinian Rights Committee this afternoon unanimously approved four draft resolutions concerning its own work, as well as that of the Division for Palestinian Rights and the Department of Public Information.

Secretary-General, Welcoming Joint Declaration between United Nations, Association of South-East Asian Nations, Says ASEAN’s Leadership Needed ‘as Seldom Before’

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Secretary-General, Welcoming Joint Declaration between United Nations, Association of South-East Asian Nations, Says ASEAN’s Leadership Needed ‘as Seldom Before’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the fourth Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)—United Nations Summit, in Bali, Indonesia, 19 November:
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