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East Asia and the Pacific: Evaluating Sanctions Enforcement and Policy...
Introduction Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today for this timely hearing on North Korea. Thank you also for...
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General Assembly President Says Role of Delegates Vital to Fulfilling Charter The fight against international terrorism must take into account its root causes as well as its new forms, and that...
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The importance of inclusiveness in efforts to achieve the social advancement of young people, families, persons with disabilities, those mired in extreme poverty and other vulnerable groups was...
View ArticleMotion for a resolution Situation of people with albinism in Malawi and other...
The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous GUE/NGL motion for a resolution “On the situation of albinos in Africa, notably in Malawi” from July 2016, – having regard to the resolution...
View ArticleDelegates Urge Transparency, Flexibility in Assessing 2018‑2019 Programme...
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened a new session today with members calling for transparency and flexibility in tackling the United Nations proposed programme budget for the...
View ArticleSpeakers Call for Prioritizing Education, Health in Quest to Level Gender...
Delegates in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) debated the international response to violence against women today, opening a discussion on the advancement of women. The Committee...
View ArticleOfficials, Experts Must Be Held Accountable for Crimes Committed on Mission,...
Delegates Conclude Consideration on Rule of Law Principle While delegates stressed that Member States must ensure accountability for crimes committed by their nationals when deployed as United Nations...
View ArticleText adopted – EU political relations with ASEAN – P8_TA-PROV(2017)0367 –...
The European Parliament, – having regard to the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 8 August 1967, – having regard to the main legal framework for EU-ASEAN relations,...
View ArticleRegional Cooperation, Funding Needed to End ‘Nightmare’ of Violence Lived by...
Regional cooperation, access to education and increased funding held the key to ending the nightmare lived by over 1 billion children across the world as a result of physical, emotional and sexual...
View ArticleTaking Up International Trade Commission Report, Sixth Committee Speakers...
Delegates Defer 4 Requests for Observer Status until Seventy-third Session While deferring action on four observer requests, the Sixth Committee took up the report of the United Nations Commission on...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Urges Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Benefit of All in...
Delegates Debate Eradication of Poverty, Development Issues in Afternoon Meeting New technology would be central to achieving development goals, with artificial intelligence (AI) leveraged to process...
View ArticleConsent, Participation of Indigenous Peoples in Decisions Affecting Them...
Recognition and inclusion of indigenous peoples were central to the promotion of peace, human rights and sustainable development, said speakers as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian &...
View ArticleGovernments Must Regulate Extra-Custodial Use of Force to Prevent Torture...
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) discussed the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment with mandate-holders and treaty body...
View ArticleStronger Rules Must Guarantee Outer Space Remains Conflict-Free, First...
Amid fears of an arms race in outer space, coupled with the transformation of that domain into a zone of conflict, several speakers in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly: First Committee
Note: Full coverage of today’s meeting of the First Committee will be available after the meeting’s conclusion. Background The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) met to begin its...
View ArticleSpeech by Vice-President Ansip at the stakeholder forum of the Body of...
Ladies and gentlemen Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. This meeting could not have come at a better moment. Trilateral negotiations on the proposed Electronic Communications Code begin...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly: Plenary
Note: A complete summary of today’s General Assembly meeting will be made available after its conclusion. Opening Remarks CARMEL AGIUS, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former...
View ArticleHighlighting Ways to Stop Weapons Flowing into Vulnerable Regions, Delegates...
Illegal Guns Threaten Stability, They Say, Asking Arms-Producing States to Guard against Illicit Diversion of Shipments Stemming the steady flow of conventional arms into vulnerable regions required...
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