Detailing the judicial activities of the International Court of Justice over the past year, its President described to the General Assembly today how the principal judicial organ of the United Nations contributes to the Organization’s objectives as it continues to advise and adjudicate on issues of global importance.
The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it has certified Timor-Leste as malaria-free. WHO noted that this is a remarkable achievement for a country that prioritized the disease and embarked on a concerted, nation-wide response shortly after gaining independence in 2002.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice:
The Security Council met today to set the date of an election to fill an upcoming vacancy on the International Court of Justice.
The Security Council today elected Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud (Jordan) as a member of the International Court of Justice, voting with the General Assembly simultaneously but separately to do so.
Member States clashed over how to manage civil society participation in the upcoming high-level meeting on the thirtieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, as the General Assembly convened today to take action on a range of matters.
Consistent with the solidarity demonstrated over the past three decades, delegates at the General Assembly today added yet another feather of support to multilateralism’s cap regarding the lifting of the United States’ 62-year-old economic, commercial and financial sanctions against the Government and people of Cuba.
Following is the statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
