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Despite Deadly Russian Aerial Attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Speakers in Security Council Voice Hope Diplomatic Efforts towards Ceasefire Will Gain Ground

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7 April 2014

POP/1025

Discrimination against Females Single Biggest Obstacle to Public Health, Special Envoy Says as Commission on Population Opens Session

While the last 20 years had seen remarkable gains in achieving universal education, reducing maternal mortality, and increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services, growing inequity was preventing the most marginalized from realizing their human rights, United Nations experts said today, as the Commission on Population and Development launched its forty-seventh session.

7 April 2014

DC/3486

Year Offers Chance to Break Lack of Consensus, Deputy Secretary-General Says as Disarmament Commission Opens 2014 Substantive Session

This year presented an opportunity to break the 14-year-long dearth of consensus outcomes in the United Nations Disarmament Commission, delegates heard today as that body opened its 2014 substantive session, the last of the current triennial cycle.

3 April 2014

SC/11342

Security Council Endorses Secretary-General’s Revised Strategic Priorities for African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

Adjusting to new dynamics that have altered the nature of conflict in Darfur, the Security Council today endorsed the Secretary-General’s revised strategic priorities for the joint African Union-United Nations presence in the restive western region of Sudan.

1 April 2014

GA/COL/3262

Visiting Mission to New Caledonia ‘Mostly Well Received’, Its Leader Tells Special Committee on Decolonization

Although greeted with some initial suspicion, a recent visiting mission to New Caledonia was generally well received, the Special Committee on Decolonization heard today.

28 March 2014

GA/AB/4104

Fifth Committee Approves Eight Texts as It Concludes First Part of Resumed Sixty-Eighth Session

Acting without a vote as it concluded the first part of its resumed sixty-eighth session this evening, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) approved eight draft texts relating to the Capital Master Plan, a new staff mobility framework and progress towards establishing an accountability system for the United Nations, among other things.

28 March 2014

SC/11340

Security Council Authorizes Year-long Mandate Extension for United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) until 31 March 2015.

27 March 2014

GA/11493

General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes in Status of Crimea Region

The General Assembly today affirmed its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, underscoring the invalidity of the 16 March referendum held in autonomous Crimea.

27 March 2014

SC/11339

Anbar Province Terrorism Major Threat to Building Democratic State in Iraq, Top United Nations Official Warns Security Council

Continuing attempts by trained, well-armed and deep-pocketed terrorist and militant groups to impose their will through violence in Anbar, Iraq's largest province, were threatening the country's stability and had stifled its legislative process, the senior United Nations official in Iraq told the Security Council today.

26 March 2014

SC/11337

Speakers in Security Council Call Sierra Leone ‘Storehouse of Lessons’ As United Nations Mission Nears End of Mandate

As the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone readied for its final drawdown next week, top officials hailed the country as a “storehouse of lessons” on how to transform war into durable peace, as the Security Council issued a presidential statement on the peacebuilding initiative.

26 March 2014

GA/AB/4103

Fifth Committee Considers Financial Implications of Draft Resolution on Strengthening United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body System

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today examined the financial implications of a proposed draft resolution on strengthening the United Nations human rights treaty body system — a text that would have a far-reaching impact on how it operates.