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2 September 2014

GA/PAL/1312

Two-State Solution ‘Disappearing Before Our Very Eyes’, Palestinian Lawmaker Tells Rights Committee, Noting Israel’s Announced Annexation of West Bank Territory

The two-State solution was “disappearing before our very eyes”, while the world was falling short of protecting Palestinians and holding Israel accountable for its actions, the Palestinian Rights Committee heard today in a briefing.

2 September 2014

DEV/3110

Successful Partnerships Vital to Addressing Challenges of Small Island Developing States, Speakers Say on Day 2 of International Conference

The critical importance of partnerships, financing, trade, capacity-building and technology to address severe challenges facing small island developing States were highlighted today in Samoa as world leaders met on the second day of the Third International Conference on those nations.

1 September 2014

DEV/3109

Unless Tackled ‘Once and For All’, Climate Challenges of Small Island Developing States Will Become Global, Says Samoa’s Prime Minister at Conference Opening

With their very existence at stake, isle nations made a fervent call for urgent global teamwork and a new approach to address rising sea levels and the surge in more extreme weather patterns that were wreaking havoc on their communities, as the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States opened in Samoa this morning.

31 July 2014

GA/11537

General Assembly Adopts Text Encouraging States, Organizations to Bolster Mediation Efforts for Peacefully Solving Disputes

Reiterating that all Member States should strictly adhere to their obligations under the United Nations Charter to peacefully settle disputes and prevent and resolve conflicts, the General Assembly today encouraged those States, the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations to bolster mediation as a tool towards that end.

17 July 2014

GA/11534

General Assembly Adopts Resolution Reaffirming Support for Implementation of New Partnership for Africa’s Development

The General Assembly today adopted a resolution by consensus that reaffirmed its support for the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.

11 July 2014

GA/11532

‘Can We and Should We Not Do Better’, Panellist Asks General Assembly as It Concludes High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

Funding of the global coordination mechanism to fight disease averaged just $10,000 per Member State — a paltry $1.8 million in total — the General Assembly heard today as it concluded its two-day high-level review of progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable disease.

10 July 2014

GA/11530

General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases Urges National Targets, Global Commitments to Prevent Needless Loss of Life

Member States today pledged to intensify efforts towards a world free of the avoidable burden of non-communicable diseases, which claims the lives of 36 million people each year, during day one of the General Assembly’s high-level review of progress made in preventing and controlling those diseases.

9 July 2014

GA/PAL/1308

Palestinian Rights Committee, 10 Years after International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, Urges Removal of Barrier Wall

A decade after the International Court of Justice deemed illegal the situation arising from Israel’s construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Rights Committee, in a special meeting, reaffirmed the Court’s findings and called on Israel to immediately dismantle its system of walls and fences and to compensate Palestinians that had sustained damages as a result.

3 July 2014

GA/AB/4116

Concluding Second Resumed Session, Fifth Committee Approves Texts on Peacekeeping Budget, Increasing Troop Reimbursement Rates

Concluding its second resumed substantive session, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today recommended financial arrangements for 12 United Nations peacekeeping operations for the year beginning on 1 July 2014, which, once approved by the General Assembly, would total $5.6 billion, and authorized the first increase in reimbursement rates for troop-contributing countries in more than a decade.

3 July 2014

GA/11528

General Assembly Adopts 24 Resolutions, 2 Decisions as It Takes Action on Reports of Fifth Committee

The General Assembly today acted on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), adopting 24 resolutions and two decisions focused largely on enhanced reimbursements for police- and troop-contributing countries and the Organization’s peacekeeping budgets.