Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Success of Efforts in Central Asia to Counter Terrorism Can Inspire Other Regions, Give Practical Meaning to Global Strategy, Says Secretary-General

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Success of Efforts in Central Asia to Counter Terrorism Can Inspire Other Regions, Give Practical Meaning to Global Strategy, Says Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the ministerial meeting on the development of a Central Asian plan of action to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 29 November:

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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