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24 September 2014

GA/11560

‘The Fasten Seat Belt Light is Illuminated’, Warns Secretary-General, Summoning World Leaders at Start of Annual Debate to ‘Find and Nurture Seeds of Hope’

The world’s fasten seat belt light is illuminated, with turbulence testing the multilateral system, national institutions and people's lives, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly today as he opened the sixty-ninth session’s general debate.

24 September 2014

SC/11580

Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Condemning Violent Extremism, Underscoring Need to Prevent Travel, Support for Foreign Terrorist Fighters

At a summit presided over by United States President Barack Obama, opened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and addressed by scores of national leaders, the Security Council this afternoon called on all States to cooperate urgently on preventing the international flow of terrorist fighters to and from conflict zones.

23 September 2014

GA/11558

Two-Day World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Concludes with Resounding Support for Outcome Document, High Expectations for Sweeping Change

The action-oriented provisions of the Outcome Document of the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, adopted yesterday, would lead to sweeping changes for current and future generations, participants heard at the closing of the two-day summit.

23 September 2014

ENV/DEV/1457

As World Leaders Come Together for Historic Climate Summit, Secretary-General Urges Commitment to Meaningful, Universal Agreement

A record number of Heads of State and Government, together with leaders from business and civil society, today shared plans to avert catastrophic climate change as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked to push forward concrete commitments ahead of the 2015 deadline for a binding global agreement on the issue.

22 September 2014

GA/11556

Speakers Call for Greater Global Efforts in Implementing Goals of 1994 Conference on Population and Development, as General Assembly Reviews Progress

Despite remarkable strides in women’s rights and empowerment worldwide in the last two decades, greater global efforts were needed to ensure full gender equality, human dignity, sustainable growth and the future of the planet, senior United Nations officials told the General Assembly today.

22 September 2014

GA/11554

Leaders at First World Summit on Indigenous Peoples Spearhead Agreement to Bridge Gap between ‘Promises and Results’

Committing to further advance the rights of indigenous peoples, global leaders today called for actions that would bridge the gap between promises and results at the first-ever international conference on that disadvantaged group.

19 September 2014

GA/EF/3393

Second Committee Opens Sixty-ninth Session Approving Organization of Work

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the United Nations General Assembly approved its organization of work for the sixty-ninth session this afternoon, also welcoming new bureau members and hearing proposals on working methods.

19 September 2014

GA/11551

General Assembly Adopts Work Programme for Sixty-ninth Session

Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the General Assembly this morning adopted the work programme and agenda for its sixty-ninth session, which contained 172 items, and endorsed the recommendation that its general debate would be held from 24 to 27 September and from 29 September to 1 October.

19 September 2014

SC/11569

Penetration of ‘High-energy Objects’ Caused Malaysian Air Crash over Ukraine, Security Council Told, as Top Envoy Details Findings from Initial Probe

With the early results of an investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airline over Ukraine showing that the jet was hit by "high-energy objects”, the priority now was to prevent a repeat of that tragedy, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council this morning.

19 September 2014

GA/11552

Gravely Concerned over Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, General Assembly Adopts Resolution Signalling Approval for Mission to Handle Response

Expressing grave concern over the recent deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the General Assembly this afternoon signalled its approval for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s intention to set up an international emergency response mission and called upon all Member States to fully support it.