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High-level Coordinator GennadyPosted on 11/12/2009 at 10:05 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkEarlier this year, Mr. Ban proposed a ※confidence- and cooperation-building period§ between Iraq and Kuwait that would last until June 2010 to further encourage the parties to achieve progress and to strengthen their cooperation.In a report to the Security Council that was game machines released today, Mr. Ban welcomes the fact that the first six months of this period have brought about some ※initial indications of movement§ on the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals. ※Progress remains fragile, however. The main task of discovering and identifying the victims and, finally, closing their files lies ahead,§ he writes, adding that this objective can be achieved only through increased cooperation between the two countries. ※I call on Iraq and Kuwait to redouble their efforts in the coming months to achieve visible and significant progress in the search for missing persons and property, including archives. ※This will not only help to resolve the long-standing humanitarian issue but also increase mutual trust and confidence, thus contributing to the resolution of other outstanding problems between the two countries,§ he adds. High-level Coordinator Gennady Tarasov, the freshwater pearl UN focal point on the issue, visited Kuwait from 30 May to 3 June to discuss ways to ensure the success of the confidence-and cooperation-building period. While there he had the chance to meet with both Kuwaiti and Iraqi representatives, who stressed their intention to accelerate practical steps to achieve progress. Among the developments during the past nine months, the report notes that the remains of the missing United States serviceman, Captain Michael Scott Speicher, had been found in Iraq. Efforts since 2003 have resulted in the recovery and identification of 236 individuals and the return of some Kuwaiti property. The report adds that the Kuwaiti national cultured pearl jewelry archives have not been found and no credible information about their whereabouts has emerged. Since the conflict in DarfurPosted on 11/12/2009 at 10:04 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkThe Irish and Ugandan staffers, Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki, were kidnapped by a group of armed men on 2 July while working for the international non-governmental organization (NGO) GOAL in the state of North Darfur.In a statement issued by his game machines spokesperson, Mr. Ban commended ※the thousands of humanitarian personnel working in Sudan for their critical efforts.§ Underscoring the importance of the work of humanitarian aid workers, he stressed that the primary responsibility for the safety and security of all relief and peacekeeping personnel working in Sudan lies with the Government in Khartoum. At the end of August two civilian staff members from the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, were also abducted pearl beads from their home in the West Darfur town of Zalingei and have yet to be released. Since the conflict in Darfur began in 2003, pitting rebels against Government forces and allied Janjaweed militia, some 300,000 people are blister pearl estimated to have been killed through direct combat or as a result of disease, malnutrition or reduced life expectancy, and more than 2.7 million others have been forced to flee their homes. The Mines to Vines programmePosted on 11/12/2009 at 9:56 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkEach mine cleared, each square metre rendered free of unexploded ordnance, helps to build a foundation for development and peace,§ Mr. Ban told a gathering on Sunday at the annual Roots of Peace Harvest of Hope event in Connecticut, United States.※We see land brought back to productive leisure chairs use, offering sustenance and livelihoods to people in need; we see children able to play without risking their lives; we see peace processes newly infused with confidence,§ Mr. Ban said in a message delivered by his Chief of Staff, Vijay Nambiar. Mr. Ban welcomed the Roots of Peace organization＊s focus on Afghanistan, where its Mines to Vines programme ※is playing a crucial role in the country＊s reconstruction. Afghanistan needs the international community＊s assistance and solidarity, and I am pleased that you are doing your part.§ Exporting some 400 tons of grapes this year from Afghanistan to neighbouring countries, the organization more than doubled the income for the average Afghan farmer by creating alternative agricultural crops to poppies, according akoya pearl necklace to the non-profit Roots for Peace group. The Mines to Vines programme also raised money to remove landmines so that grapevines or other food crops can be grown in 23 of the country＊s 34 provinces. The event marked the 2009 UN International Year of Reconciliation, by honouring Joseph Verner Reed 每 a former US Ambassador and senior UN official 每 and Theodore C. Sorensen 每 who was special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy 每 with its Global Citizen Award for their bipartisan work in turning ※seeds of terror§ into ※seeds of hope.§ ※Like my predecessors as Secretary-General, I pearl strand wholesale have welcomed Joseph Verner Reed＊s advice and support on a wide range of matters, gained through his rich and varied diplomatic career serving both his country and the United Nations,§ said Mr. Ban. The attacker detonatedPosted on 11/12/2009 at 9:53 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkAccording to media reports, at least 42 people died in the suicide bombing in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran, which borders with akoya pearl jewelry Pakistan and Afghanistan.The attacker detonated the bomb at wholesale pearl a meeting of Iran＊s elite Revolutionary Guards and local tribesmen in the south-eastern region of the country. In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, Mr. Ban today extended his condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the cultured pearl jewelry Government, wishing a full recovery to those wounded in the attack. Inter-ethnic tensions and weak StatePosted on 11/12/2009 at 9:51 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkHowever, meeting MINURCAT＊s withdrawal benchmarks 每 including the sustainable return of refugees 每 will require the Chadian Government＊s sustained engagement. In particular, the report said, authorities will need to step up national game machines capacity to protect civilians and resolve the causes of armed conflict in eastern Chad and in the sub-region, including fighting between rebels and Government forces in Chad and the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.During the reporting period, covering the period since the end of July, the proliferation of arms, tribal disputes and border tensions continued to affect eastern Chad. ※While MINURCAT and relevant partners take measures to improve the situation at the local level, it is essential that the Government of Chad redouble its efforts to address sources of insecurity, including the root causes of inter-ethnic strife and the freshwater pearl earrings proliferation of weapons,§ Mr. Ban said. Meanwhile, in the Central African Republic (CAR), he reported that the Government has increased efforts to restore its authority in the country＊s northeast and foster inter-community dialogue. Inter-ethnic tensions and weak State institutions, however, are still areas of concern, the report to the Security Council stressed. In September 2007, the Council approved the cultured pearl jewlery establishment of a UN-mandated, multidimensional presence, including European Union military forces, in Chad and CAR to help protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid to thousands of people uprooted due to insecurity in the two countries and neighbouring Sudan. |
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