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Meetings Coverage

16 June 2014

DC/3505

Strong Collective Efforts Needed to Keep Small Arms, Light Weapons from Proliferating, Meeting of States Hears

Against a backdrop of fragile security, illegal guns, grenades and rocket launchers had ripped communities apart while fuelling terrorism, and would require strong collective efforts to halt their spread, delegates heard today as the fifth Biennial Meeting of States to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons opened its 2014 session.

13 June 2014

SEA/2005

States Parties to Convention on Law of the Sea Conclude Session by Approving Proposed Budget for International Tribunal

Delegates concluded the twenty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, approving a budget and adopting a draft decision, while tackling difficult maritime disputes over international waters.

13 June 2014

GA/11523

Reiterating Unequivocal Condemnation of Terrorism in All Forms, General Assembly Adopts Resolution Reaffirming Global Commitment to Combating Threat

The General Assembly capped its fourth Review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy today, with the adoption of a consensus resolution stressing the importance of keeping that ongoing effort “relevant and contemporary” in light of emerging threats, and calling for stepped-up efforts by States and others to implement its four pillars in an integrated and balanced manner.

13 June 2014

ECOSOC/6627

Economic and Social Council Concludes Coordination and Management Segment, Adopting Several Drafts, Including on Global Tax Cooperation

The Economic and Social Council wrapped up its two-day coordination and management segment today with the consensus adoption of a series of drafts, including on strengthening global tax cooperation.

12 June 2014

HR/5194

Concluding Their Work, States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Lay Groundwork for Next Session

The Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluded its work today, took three decisions and laid the groundwork for its next session.

12 June 2014

GA/11522

Member States Condemn Abductions, Attacks in Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, as General Assembly Begins Review of Counter-Terrorism Strategy

As the General Assembly began its fourth review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy today, Member States condemned the recent terrorist attacks and the abduction of Turkish diplomats in Iraq, as well as the attacks in Nigeria and Pakistan, calling for a deepening of international cooperation and a full and balanced implementation of the Strategy’s four pillars.

12 June 2014

ECOSOC/6626

Economic and Social Council Adopt Eight Draft Resolutions, Including Text on Mainstreaming Gender Perspective into Work of United Nations System

The Economic and Social Council adopted eight draft resolutions today, including a text on mainstreaming gender perspective into the work of the United Nations system, as the 54-nation organ resumed its coordination and management segment.

11 June 2014

SC/11434

Delegates Argue Merits of Unmanned Arial Vehicles, Other Technologies as Security Council Considers New Trends in Peacekeeping

With some United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed in increasingly hostile environments, battling asymmetric unconventional threats where there was no peace to keep and no viable political process upon which to build, speakers in the Security Council today wrestled with the potentially injurious implications of “robust” mandates for the peacekeepers themselves.

11 June 2014

GA/11520

General Assembly Elects Sam Kutesa of Uganda President of Sixty-ninth Session, Naming Also 21 Vice-Presidents

The General Assembly today elected by acclamation Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, as President of its sixty-ninth session.

10 June 2014

HR/5191

Under-Secretary-General Stresses Need to Build Better Future for All as States Parties to Disabilities Convention Open Session

As the world discussed the post-2015 landscape, it was vital that inclusive sustainable development built a better future for all people, especially for those living with disabilities, said Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo, as the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its seventh session today.