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UN chief makes 11th hour plea on arms treaty

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UNITED NATIONS — UN chief Ban Ki-moon made a last-ditch effort Thursday to break the deadlock over a landmark treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade, urging countries to “show flexibility.” Ban issued a statement saying he was concerned at the “very limited progress” made during month-long negotiations in New…

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UN aims at universal access to clean energy by 2030

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RIO DE JANEIRO — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday outlined plans at the Rio+20 summit to provide universal access to energy by 2030, with tens of billion of dollars in funding from business and investors. The initiative aims to ensure universal access to clean and efficient energy for 1.3…

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UN chief tells Assad: ‘Stop killing your people’

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BEIRUT — UN chief Ban Ki-moon issued a call to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his people, warning the embattled president he was heading for a dead end. “Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing your people. The path of repression is…

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