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Secretary-General Confirms Deaths of 3 Top UN Officials in Haiti, Hailing Annabi as ‘Icon’, da Costa as ‘Legend’

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 16 January statement in New York, confirming the deaths of Hédi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Luiz Carlos da Costa, Principal Deputy Special Representative, and Doug Coates, Acting United Nations Police Commissioner in Haiti:

We Must Involve Smallholder, Women Farmers in Global Response to Food Insecurity, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for Summit of World’s Regions

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Summit of the World’s Regions on Food Security, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition, in Dakar, Senegal, today, 18 January:

Deputy Secretary-General, Reviewing Lessons Learned from Compact with Iraq, Stresses Its Continuing Need for International Support on Way Ahead

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks on lessons learned from the International Compact with Iraq and the way forward in New York, today, 18 January:

Overwhelming Concern over Massive Destruction Caused by Haiti Earthquake Dominates Discussion, as Economic and Social Council Holds Organizational Meeting

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Overwhelming concern over massive destruction caused by a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti that impacted 3 million people – one third of the population -– and left much of the Caribbean nation in shambles dominated discussion in the Economic and Social Council today, as the 54-member body held its first organizational meeting of 2010.

Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Two Individuals, One Entity to Consolidated List

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On 19 January 2010, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the three entries specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.