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Support of United Nations Agencies Key in Reforming Development System to Achieve 2030 Agenda, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Executive Boards Meeting

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the joint meeting of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS); United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women); and the World Food Programme (WFP), in New York today:

Amid Middle East Violence, Security Council Fails to Adopt Competing Resolutions on Israeli Force, Hamas Role in Conflict

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The Security Council today failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions on the recent spate of violence in the Middle East — put forward by the delegations of the United States and Kuwait on behalf of the Arab Group, respectively — capping a month of protests and escalating tension on the ground and within the 15‑member organ itself.