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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to Make Historic Joint Visit to Africa’s Great Lakes Region May 22-24

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 - World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make an historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region from May 22nd – 24th in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world’s most troubled regions.

Kim and Mr. Ban will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 22nd – 23rd; Rwanda from May 23rd – 24th; and Uganda on May 24th.

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Joint Communiqué of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the United Nations on the Prevention of Sexual Violence

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC) visited Somalia from 2 to 6 April 2013, within the framework of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010). She met with national authorities including leadership of the national Army and Police, the Chief Justice, the Minister for Human Development and Public Services as well as women’s groups, non-governmental organisations and civil society partners, journalists and survivors of sexual violence.

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Attacks against United Nations Personnel Claim at Least 26 Lives in 2012 as Abductions, Detention of Personnel on Duty Continue

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ORG/1560

At least 26 United Nations personnel — 9 civilians and 17 peacekeepers, 2 of them police officers — were killed in the line of duty during 2012, the United Nations Staff Union said today. One consultant and four helicopter crew members working for the Organization also lost their lives.

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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 11 January 2013

Geneva, 11 January 2013

JSRS: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am very, very grateful to you for your patience and I apologize that we could not even give you a time when we would be speaking to you. But we have just finished our meetings and I am happy to speak to you on behalf of the three delegations and say the following:

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Statement by the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, on the situation in Syria

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"I am deeply concerned that entire communities risk paying the price for crimes committed by the Syrian Government," said Mr. Dieng. As the situation in Syria deteriorates further, there is a growing risk that civilian communities, including Alawite and other minorities perceived to be associated with the Government, its security forces, militias and allies could be subject to large scale reprisal attacks.

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Transcript of the press conference by Mr. Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

DSG : Je vais commencer en français, si vous permettez, mais je vais continuer en anglais et vous pouvez poser les questions en anglais ou en français. C’est pour moi un grand plaisir de rentrer à Genève ; c’est un peu avec nostalgie parce que la première fois que j’ai passé des mois ici c’était pendant la guerre, après la guerre entre Iran et Iraq. Moi, j’étais l’envoyé spécial de l’ONU et j’ai négocié ici dans ce bâtiment pendant des mois à cette époque-là assez dramatique.

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Common UN Approach on Resilience Building in the Sahel, September 2012

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"Too often households and communities do not have the capability to withstand the damaging effects of the multiple climate and market shocks they are facing.

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Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at United Nations Headquarters

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DSG/SM/643

Following is a transcript of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s press conference held in New York, 2 October:

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Saving and Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Commission in 2011

This report reflects the partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in humanitarian and development cooperation in 2011. The results presented in this report belong to the governments and people of the countries since only their tireless efforts assure development – the EU-UN partnership can but support.

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The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality - MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012

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In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding. The volume of official development assistance (ODA) fell for the first time in many years, obstacles to exports from developing countries are on the rise, and numerous developing countries are facing debt difficulties.

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Transcript of the Press Conference by JSE Kofi Annan

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2 August 2012

Press conference by Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria

Geneva, 2 August 2012

Five months ago, I was asked to take on the role of Joint Special Envoy for Syria, in order to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis, an end to the killings of civilians, the human rights abuses, and a path towards a political transition.

I accepted this task, which some called “Mission Impossible” - for I believed it was a sacred duty to do whatever was in my power to help the Syrian people find a peaceful solution to this bloody conflict.

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Report on High-­Level Dialogue with UN Member States on the status of the UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CiMS) using inter alia social media tools, crisis mapping and crowdsourcing

After the successful two day retreat on 11 and 12 June 2012 of the UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG), consisting inter alia of OCHA, DPKO, DFS, UNFP, UNHCR, WFP, UNDP, Global Pulse, UNOSAT, OHCHR, organized by the UN ASG Chief Information Technology Officer (UN CITO) and the ICT4Peace Foundation, the Swiss Ambassador to the UN, Paul Seger hosted onJuly 2012 a High-­‐Level briefing luncheon for UN Member States. Participating countries were Bangladesh, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Germany, Finland, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore.

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Conférence de presse du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest – 19 juillet 2012

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GENÈVE – 19 juillet 2012 - Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest, M. Saïd Djinnit, a évoqué la situation dans les pays de la région au cours d'une conférence de presse donnée ce matin au Palais des Nations à Genève et animée par la Directrice du Service de l'information, Mme Corinne Momal-Vanian.

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Critical Situations around Continent Show Importance of United Nations-African Union Cooperation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Regional Summit

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DSG/SM/629
AFR/2417

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s address to the nineteenth Summit of the African Union, in Addis Ababa on 15 July:

Thank you for inviting and welcoming me to this important Summit of the African Union.

I take up my new post as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in the footsteps of a very distinguished African, Her Excellency Asha-Rose Migiro, who left a sterling record of service to the world Organization. I want to build on her legacy.

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Transcript of the stakeout by Joint Special Envoy Annan - Geneva, 11 July 2012

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JSE: Good evening and thank you for your patience. I have just come from briefing the Council and we discussed the crisis as you can imagine in Syria, my recent trip to the region and the outcome of the Action Group meeting here in Geneva. And the Council is now discussing what the next steps should be and what action they should take, so we should hear something from them in the next few days. Since it is so late, let’s go straight to questions.

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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012

Overview

Three years to the deadline, we can report broad progress on the MDGs The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed to by world leaders over a decade ago have achieved important results. Working together, Governments, the United Nations family, the private sector and civil society have succeeded in saving many lives and improving conditions for many more. The world has met some important targets—ahead of the deadline.

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Transcript of the stakeout by Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Deputy Joint Special Envoy (DJSE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis

Apologies for keeping you waiting for so long but as you know, I was briefing the Security Council and it was a long discussion because it is an important topic and so here I am.

My briefing focused on the latest efforts of the Joint Special Envoy concerning the situation in Syria. And that included my own mission to the country in preparation of Mr. Annan’s visit. My mission was last week and as you are aware Mr. Annan concluded his visit to Damascus this morning.