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Applauding Peacebuilding Commission’s Early Successes, Speakers in Assembly Stress Fine-Tuning Still Needed to Enhance Results on Ground in Post-Conflict Countries

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Applauding Peacebuilding Commission’s Early Successes, Speakers in Assembly Stress Fine-Tuning Still Needed to Enhance Results on Ground in Post-Conflict Countries

While early and concrete successes underlined the importance of the young Peacebuilding Commission and Peacebuilding Fund ‑‑ established at the General Assembly’s 2005 World Summit to help countries emerging from conflict hold on to fragile reconstruction gains ‑‑ broader support and resources were needed, notably from the private sector, to enable those bodies to realize their potential, Assembly delegates said today as they considered progress achieved thus far.

Secretary-General, to Seminar, Says Special, Personal Representatives, Envoys ‘Face’ of UN, in Charge of Remarkable Number of Working Parts

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Secretary-General, to Seminar, Says Special, Personal Representatives, Envoys ‘Face’ of UN, in Charge of Remarkable Number of Working Parts

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks delivered by teleconference to the seminar for his Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, today, 23 November:

Amid ‘Political Impasse’, Bosnia and Herzegovina at Crossroads in Bid for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Security Council Told

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Amid ‘Political Impasse’, Bosnia and Herzegovina at Crossroads in Bid for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Security Council Told

Despite a political impasse in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country was at a crossroads in its bid for Euro-Atlantic integration and required continued international support for that effort, Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, told the Security Council today.

‘Africa Needs Its Young People to Get to Work on Its Behalf,’ Secretary-General Says, Hailing Youth-Focused Report of Panel on African Development Cooperation

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‘Africa Needs Its Young People to Get to Work on Its Behalf,’ Secretary-General Says, Hailing Youth-Focused Report of Panel on African Development Cooperation

Following are the remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the presentation of the report of the Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa, in New York today, 23 November:

In Message to International Maritime Organization Bravery Awards Ceremony, Secretary-General Applauds Those Serving on Frontlines of Piracy Battle

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In Message to International Maritime Organization Bravery Awards Ceremony, Secretary-General Applauds Those Serving on Frontlines of Piracy Battle

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Bravery Awards, in London today, 23 November:

Third Committee Decision Welcomes Outcome of Durban Review Conference, One of Six Texts Recommended to General Assembly for Adoption

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Third Committee Decision Welcomes Outcome of Durban Review Conference, One of Six Texts Recommended to General Assembly for Adoption

After calling a do-over vote for technical reasons, the Third Committee today approved the wording of a decision that would have the General Assembly welcome the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference and endorse its provisions, while deciding to implement the Review’s outcome as part of the wider implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.

Lack of Political Progress in Middle East Has Created Vacuum for Violence, Extremism, Senior Political Affairs Official Tells Security Council

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Lack of Political Progress in Middle East Has Created Vacuum for Violence, Extremism, Senior Political Affairs Official Tells Security Council

International partners were seeking a way out of “a deep and worrying impasse” in the political quest for a Middle East peace as security and economic efforts continued on the ground, Haile Menkerios, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, told the Security Council in a briefing this morning.
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