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Piracy off Somali Coast Not Only Criminal, but Very Successful, Security Council Hears, Cautioned There Could Be No Peace at Sea without Stability on Land

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Piracy off Somali Coast Not Only Criminal, but Very Successful, Security Council Hears, Cautioned There Could Be No Peace at Sea without Stability on Land

Piracy off the coast of Somalia was not only a criminal activity, but it was, first of all, a very successful business, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office there told the Security Council today.

Security Council Extends European Union Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Another Year, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1895 (2009)

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Security Council Extends European Union Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Another Year, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1895 (2009)

The Security Council this morning authorized for another year, until 18 November 2010, the European Union Stabilization Force (EUFOR) mandated to ensure continued compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement that ended fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995.

Second Committee, in Consensus Actions, Approves Texts on South-South Cooperation, Postponement of High-level Financing for Development Dialogue

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Second Committee, in Consensus Actions, Approves Texts on South-South Cooperation, Postponement of High-level Financing for Development Dialogue

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved by consensus today a draft resolution on South-South cooperation for development and an oral decision on postponement of the fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.

Secretary-General, in Message on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Urges Ending Discrimination, Reaffirming Women’s Human Rights

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Secretary-General, in Message on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Urges Ending Discrimination, Reaffirming Women’s Human Rights

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November:

Concluding Its Work for Session, Fourth Committee Approves 11 More Drafts, Bringing to 28 Total Number of Texts Forwarded to General Assembly

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Concluding Its Work for Session, Fourth Committee Approves 11 More Drafts, Bringing to 28 Total Number of Texts Forwarded to General Assembly

The General Assembly, gravely concerned by the findings of the Secretary-General’s Board of Inquiry and the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict, would stress the need for “serious follow-up” by all parties of the recommendations addressed to them, by one of 11 draft texts approved today by the Fourth Committee as it concluded its work for the session.

Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

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Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, to be observed on 2 December:

Member States Consider Ways to Energize, Fully Engage Powers of General Assembly, Pledge to Restore Institutional Balance with Other United Nations Bodies

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Member States Consider Ways to Energize, Fully Engage Powers of General Assembly, Pledge to Restore Institutional Balance with Other United Nations Bodies

The General Assembly’s powers to discuss issues of the greatest concern to its Member States -- from international peace and security, to development, human rights and international law -- should be completely engaged to take advantage of the 192-member body’s full potential, delegations said today as they began their annual consideration of how to revitalize the United Nations’ chief policy-making organ.

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