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Success in Resuming Peace Talks Vital, Top Negotiator Stresses at Meeting of Palestinian Rights Committee

GA/PAL/1269

Committee on the Inalienable Rights
of the Palestinian People
352nd Meeting* (AM)

Status Quo Cannot Be Maintained, Says Saeb Erakat in Briefing

Palestinians were “exerting every possible effort” to ensure the success of current efforts to re-start peace negotiations with Israel, their lead negotiator told the Palestinian Rights Committee today.

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General Assembly adopts text condemning violence in Syria, demanding that all sides end hostilities

GA/11372

Sixty-seventh General Assembly
Plenary
80th & 81st Meetings (AM & PM)

High-Level Meeting on Global Plan Of Action Addressing Human Trafficking Concludes

As the General Assembly took action on a resolution addressing the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, delegations strongly condemned the ongoing violence and called for involved parties to immediately end the hostilities on all sides, and work together for an inclusive Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system.

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Reviewing reports on peacekeeping operations, Fifth Committee hails progress towards zero tolerance of sexual abuse by United Nations personnel

GA/AB/4065 Sixty-seventh General Assembly Fifth Committee 31st Meeting (AM)

Delegates Support Global Field Support Strategy Implementation but Proposed Mission Budgets Draw Divergent Views

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Break ‘Vicious Chain that Binds Victims to Criminals’, Secretary-General Urges High-level Meeting on Human Trafficking

GA/11369

Sixty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary 77th Meeting (AM & PM)

BREAK ‘VICIOUS CHAIN THAT BINDS VICTIMS TO CRIMINALS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Some 25 Million Harmed by ‘Barbarity’, General Assembly President Says as Anti-Crime Chief Cites Multi-Billion Dollar Enterprise

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On World Press Freedom Day, Secretary-General Urges Creation of Safe Environment So Journalists across All Media Can Do their Jobs

OBV/1214
PI/2054

World Press Freedom Day
Observance

General Assembly President, Under-Secretary-General, UNESCO Speak; Panel Considers Ways to Strengthen Press Freedom, Combat Impunity for Attacks

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Africa’s support, anti-apartheid strategies, role of donor aid in achieving Palestinian independence, sovereignty spotlighted during Addis Ababa meeting

GA/PAL/1268

Participants Urge Africa to Create Regional Peace Initiative; ‘Respond Vociferously’ to Call to Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel

ADDIS ABABA, 30 April — As the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine wrapped up its session today,experts urged African Governments to share their negotiating and institution-building tactics, create a continent-wide solidarity movement, and launch a regional peace initiative to help Palestinians remove barriers to statehood.

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‘Window of Opportunity for Renewed Engagement Has Opened’ Secretary-General Tells United Nations Conference on African Solidarity with Palestinian People

GA/PAL/1267

Panellists Say Centrality of African Support Based on Shared Struggle for Freedom

ADDIS ABABA, 29 April — Welcoming the recent visit by the United States President to the West Bank and Israel and the subsequent resumption of $500 million in United States aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this morning said that now was the time for concerted action to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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Status Quo Unsustainable, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Conference, Urging Concerted Push for Peace in Order to Salvage Two-State Solution

SG/SM/14993
GA/PAL/1266

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 April:

It is my pleasure to send greetings to the participants in this United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine.

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Les États Membres s'engagent, en vertu d'une Déclaration politique, à soutenir la mise en œuvre intégrale de l'architecture de paix et de sécurité de l'Union africaine

AG/11365 Assemblée générale
Soixante-septième session
74e séance plénière et Débat thématique intitulé « Le règlement pacifique des conflits en Afrique » Matin & après-midi

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General Assembly, Adopting Political Text, Pledges to Address Twin Imperatives of Security, Development, in Efforts to End Conflict in Africa

GA/11366

Sixty-seventh General Assembly
Plenary and Thematic Debate
74th Meeting (AM & PM)

Declaration Reaffirms Importance of UN-African Union Partnership, Capping Two-day Event amid Calls for Africans to Take Charge of Peace Efforts

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Praising socioeconomic gains leading to ‘rise of New Africa’, General Assembly president urges resolute commitment to help continent end conflicts

GA/11364 Sixty-seventh General Assembly
Thematic Debate
AM & PM Meetings

African Union, United Nations Must Work Together on Durable, Inclusive Solutions, Secretary-General Tells High-level Thematic Debate

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Caracas Declaration in Solidarity with Palestinian People, State of Palestine

GA/PAL/1264

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met in Caracas, Venezuela, on 17-18 April, and issued the following Declaration:

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Violencia sexual relacionada con los conflictos - Informe del Secretario General (A/67/792–S/2013/149)

Asamblea General Consejo de Seguridad Sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones
Tema 33 del programa
Prevención de los conflictos armados
Sexagésimo octavo año

I. Introducción

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Violence sexuelle liée aux conflits : Rapport du Secrétaire général (A/67/792–S/2013/149)

Assemblée générale Soixante-septième session Point 33 de l’ordre du jour Prévention des conflits armés

I. Introduction

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Statement by Bureau of Committee on Exercise of Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People on Occasion of Palestinian Prisoners Day

GA/PAL/1263

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement today, 16 April:

On the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoners Day, 17 April, the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People expresses its grave concern about the plight of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention facilities.

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Débat de haut niveau à l'Assemblée générale sur le rôle de la justice pénale internationale dans les processus de réconciliation

AG/11355 Assemblée générale Soixante-septième Débat thématique - matin & après-midi

Avec l’expérience de ces 20 dernières années, la justice pénale internationale apparaît comme une contribution cruciale -mais insuffisante à elle seule- à la réconciliation

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Palestinian Rights Committee Discusses Political Developments, West Bank Unrest, Looks Ahead to Mid-month Meeting in Caracas on Status, Solidarity

General Assembly GA/PAL/1261
Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 350th Meeting (AM)

Amid growing tensions, it was a “critical time” for Member States to put pressure on Israel to comply with international law in order to “open the door” to a meaningful political process that would lead to a two-State solution, Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People this morning.

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Par un vote historique, l’Assemblée générale rattrape l’échec de la conférence finale des Nations Unies pour un traité sur le commerce des armes

AG/11354

Assemblée générale
Soixante-septième session
71e & 72e séances plénières
matin & après-midi

Malgré l’opposition de la République arabe syrienne, de la République islamique d’Iran, et de la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC), l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a adopté, ce matin, par 154 voix pour, 23 abstentions et donc 3 votes contre, le Traité sur le commerce des armes, rattrapant ainsi l’échec essuyé par les négociateurs, jeudi dernier.

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Overwhelming Majority of States in General Assembly Say ‘Yes’ to Arms Trade Treaty to Stave off Irresponsible Transfers that Perpetuate Conflict, Human Suffering

GA/11354

Sixty-seventh General Assembly
Plenary
71st & 72nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Adopted by Vote of 154 in Favour to 3 Against, ‘Robust and Actionable’ Text Requires Arms Exporters to Assess Possible Misuse

To a burst of sustained applause, the General Assembly today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a “historic”, first-ever treaty to regulate the astonishing number of conventional weapons traded each year, making it more difficult for them to be diverted into the hands of those intent on sowing the seeds of war and conflict.

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Efforts to Replace Piecemeal System of Global Arms Restraint with Binding Treaty Thwarted When Handful of States Says Text Ignores National Concerns

DC/3423

Final Conference
on Arms Trade Treaty
17th Meeting* (PM)

Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria Block Consensus; Speaker Says ‘This is Success Deferred, Not Failure’ as Text Heads to General Assembly for Vote