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eBiz Africa Review Summer 2013 /
Été 2013
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creation of a “Network of Men
Leaders,” and the establishment
of a new Special Representative
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Within the UN itself, the Secretary-
General has increased the number
of women in senior management
positions by more than 40%,
reaching the highest level in the
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The Secretary-General
pressed successfully
for the creation of un
women, a major new
agency that consolidates
the un’s work in this area
Supporting countries
facing crisis or
instability
The Secretary-General has sought
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including, through the New
Horizons peacekeeping initiative,
the Global Field Support Strategy
and the Civilian Capacity Review,
a package of steps to improve
the impact of the 120,000 United
Nations “blue helmets” operating
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mediation support unit along with
the new means to carry out the
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have been set up to help prevent,
manage, and resolve tensions,
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for human rights violations has
received
high-level
attention
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It has also received attention due
to the legal processes in Lebanon
and Cambodia and the advocacy
for the “responsibility to protect,”
the new United Nations norm
aimed at preventing and halting
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He has also sought to strengthen
humanitarian response in the
aftermath of mega-disasters in
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UN support for the democratic
transitions in North Africa and the
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Generating new
momentum on
disarmament,
arms control, and
non-proliferation
The Secretary-General has sought
to rejuvenate the disarmament
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Conference on Disarmament, and
renewed attention to nuclear safety
and security in the aftermath of the
tragedy at the Fukushima Daiichi
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Strengthening the UN
The Secretary-General has intro-
Ban Ki - Moon Secretary - General of the United Nations /
Ban Ki - Moon Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies