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Secretary-General Tells Meeting of Small Island States ‘If We Delay for Perfection’, in Copenhagen, ‘We Risk Ending Up with Nothing’

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Secretary-General Tells Meeting of Small Island States ‘If We Delay for Perfection’, in Copenhagen, ‘We Risk Ending Up with Nothing’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Commonwealth Summit Meeting with Small Island Developing States, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Saturday, 28 November:

Security Council Renews for 12 Months Authorization for States Combating Piracy off Somalia’s Coast, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1897 (2009)

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Security Council Renews for 12 Months Authorization for States Combating Piracy off Somalia’s Coast, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1897 (2009)

The Security Council today decided to renew, for a period of 12 months, its previous authorizations for States and regional organizations cooperating with the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to enter Somalia’s territorial waters and use all necessary means to fight piracy and armed robbery at sea off the Somali coast, provided advance notification was given by the TFG to the Secretary-General.

Security Council Extends Arms Embargo, Related Sanctions, in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 November 2010, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1896 (2009)

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Security Council Extends Arms Embargo, Related Sanctions, in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 November 2010, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1896 (2009)

The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit traffic of weapons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, decided this morning to extend and expand the arms embargo there and its related sanctions regime until 30 November 2010.

Those Who Undermine Peace by Violence or Changing Facts on Ground Must Not Set Agenda, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Meeting

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Those Who Undermine Peace by Violence or Changing Facts on Ground Must Not Set Agenda, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Meeting

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as prepared for delivery, today, 30 November:

For UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, Most Important Mandates Those Aimed at Helping Achieve Comprehensive Political Solution, Security Council Told

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For UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, Most Important Mandates Those Aimed at Helping Achieve Comprehensive Political Solution, Security Council Told

“Among the Mission’s mandated activities, and among the efforts of the UN in Darfur, none is as important as those aimed at achieving a comprehensive political solution to end Darfur’s marginalization and enable its rightful representation in the national political process”, Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council today.
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