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On International Day of Solidarity, Palestinian Rights Committee Told 64 Years after Partition Plan, ‘History Once Again Knocking at United Nations Door’

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On International Day of Solidarity, Palestinian Rights Committee Told 64 Years after Partition Plan, ‘History Once Again Knocking at United Nations Door’

The need to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had taken on greater urgency with the historic transformations taking place across the region, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Kosovo’s Precarious Situation Warrants Security Council Attention, Leadership, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Says in Briefing

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Kosovo’s Precarious Situation Warrants Security Council Attention, Leadership, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Says in Briefing

The situation in Kosovo remained precarious and warranted the Security Council’s attention and leadership, Farid Zarif, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), said today.

Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights on Theme ‘Discrimination and Human Rights Defenders’ to Be Held at Headquarters, 30 November - 2 December

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Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights on Theme ‘Discrimination and Human Rights Defenders’ to Be Held at Headquarters, 30 November - 2 December

Approximately 700 high school students from the United States, Canada, France, Mexico and Romania will participate in the fourteenth annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights from 30 November to 2 December under the theme Discrimination and Human Rights Defenders.

Security Council 1988 Committee Amends 105 Entries on Its Sanctions List

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Security Council 1988 Committee Amends 105 Entries on Its Sanctions List

On 29 November 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below to its List (the 1988 Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1988 (2011) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Deputy Secretary-General Tells Budget Committee Resource Planning Project, Umoja; Information, Communication Initiatives ‘Cornerstones of Management Reform’

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Deputy Secretary-General Tells Budget Committee Resource Planning Project, Umoja; Information, Communication Initiatives ‘Cornerstones of Management Reform’

Touting the United Nations ambitious projects in information and communications technology development and enterprise resource planning as the “engine and enabler” of the Organization’s reform and strengthening, the Deputy Secretary-General urged delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today to supply the necessary funds to implement them.

Member States Have ‘Historic Moment’ to Act, Says Palestinian Envoy, Challenging General Assembly to Redress ‘Tragedy’, as Debate Opens on Question of Palestine

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Member States Have ‘Historic Moment’ to Act, Says Palestinian Envoy, Challenging General Assembly to Redress ‘Tragedy’, as Debate Opens on Question of Palestine

“A historic moment is before Member States to act, to uphold their legal obligations and the United Nations Charter,” declared the Permanent Observer of Palestine today, as he challenged the General Assembly to rectify the injustice that had uprooted millions of Palestinians from their homeland and had led to nearly 65 years of Israeli occupation.

Art Has Power to Transcend Historic Challenges, Says Secretary-General, Welcoming Exhibit to Commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians

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Art Has Power to Transcend Historic Challenges, Says Secretary-General, Welcoming Exhibit to Commemorate International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the art exhibit on Palestinian cultural heritage sites and artefacts, in New York, 29 November:
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