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Fulfil International Criminal Court’s Potential, End Impunity, Ensure Justice for Victims, Secretary-General Urges States Parties to Rome Statute

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Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in New York today:

Continued Polluting ‘Inexcusable’, Says Secretary-General, Telling United Nations Environment Assembly to Sound Alarm, Urge Action by Governments

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Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message to the 2017 United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, in Nairobi today:

Remove All Physical, Cultural Barriers to Persons with Disabilities, Secretary-General Urges in Message for International Observance

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Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message, “Transformation towards a sustainable and resilient society for all”, for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has reported that refugees fleeing militia violence in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arriving in Zambia have crossed the 12,000 mark, with 80 per cent of them women and children, driven out by extreme brutality of rampaging militias.

Global Community ‘Not Yet Up to Par’ in Fight against Terrorism, General Assembly Hears, Adopting Resolution Condemning Attacks on Sacred Sites

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The General Assembly today adopted a resolution condemning all forms of terrorism directed against religious sites — as well as any “advocacy of religious hatred” that constituted an incitement to violence — as well as two texts submitted by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), relating to internal oversight and to United Nations conferences.

Secretary-General Appoints Colin Stewart of Canada Special Representative, Head, United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara

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United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Colin Stewart of Canada as his Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).