Meetings Coverage
- Economic and Social Council President Describes Arrangements for 27 February Event Focused on ‘Better Jobs for Young People’, as Organizational Session Concludes (10 February 2012)
The President of the Economic and Social Council today outlined the arrangements for the 54-member body’s annual Philanthropy event set to take place Monday, 27 February.
ECOSOC/6501 - Ireland’s Foreign Minister, Chair of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Briefs Security Council on Priorities for 2012 (9 February 2012)
Outlining the priorities for the 2012 term as the Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade stressed today that his country would be a loyal steward of the regional organization’s concept of a “common, comprehensive and indivisible security” and work to enhance its cooperation with the United Nations.
SC/10540 - Commission for Social Development Considers Programme Intended to Make Social Policy Division’s Work ‘More Precise, Transparent, Measurable’ (9 February 2012)
In a brief meeting today, the Commission for Social Development considered a proposed programme of work for the Division for Social Policy and Development for the biennium 2014-2015, which was to be “more precise, transparent, and measurable” than in previous years.
SOC/4793
Press Releases
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Secretary-General Firmly Condemns Bomb Attacks in Aleppo, Syria; Reiterates ‘All Violence Is Unacceptable and Must Cease Immediately’ (10 February 2012)
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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Secretary-General Expresses Concern over Lack of Progress in Sudan-South Sudan Negotiations on Outstanding Post-Independence Issues (10 February 2012)
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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New Permanent Representative of Malta Presents Credentials (10 February 2012)
Christopher Grima, the new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.
BIO/4355
Press Conferences
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Press Conference by Permanent Representative of United Kingdom (10 February 2012)
Argentina’s allegations that the United Kingdom was deliberately increasing its military presence in the South Atlantic was “manifestly absurd”, Mark Lyall Grant, the latter country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
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Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina (10 February 2012)
After lodging protests against what he described as the United Kingdom’s militarization of the South Atlantic with the leadership of major United Nations bodies, Argentina’s Minister for Foreign Affairs called today for the start of dialogue on the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands (Falklands).
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Press Conference on Tara Oceans Expedition (9 February 2012)
French fashion designer agnès b. and a panel of ocean experts welcomed today the arrival in New York of the Tara Oceans Expedition, which was poised to complete a three-year journey to gather critical information on how climate change would further damage the world’s major bodies of water.
10 February 2012 
