New Permanent Representative of Maldives Presents Credentials
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The new Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations, Ali Naseer Mohamed, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
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New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials
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The new Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Samuelu Laloniu, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
New Permanent Representative of Somalia Presents Credentials
BIO/4988
The new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against MINUSCA
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein announced today the appointment of Bacre Ndiaye from Senegal, Luc Côté from Canada and Fatimata M’Baye from Mauritania as international experts on the situation in the Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mandated by the Human Rights Council.
Economic and Social Council Denies Consultative Status to Non-governmental Group with Alleged Terrorism Ties, Fills Vancancies in Subsidary Bodies
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The Economic and Social Council concluded the third round of Coordination and Management meetings of its 2017 session today, adopting eight decisions on civil society’s participation within the United Nations and filling vacancies on several of its subsidiary bodies.
Security Council Issues Presidential Statement Stressing Need to Implement 31 December 2016 Peace Accord in Democratic Republic of Congo
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The Security Council stressed today the urgent need for swift implementation of the 31 December 2016 political agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so that the Government could organize peaceful, credible, inclusive and timely elections by December 2017 — as agreed in that accord — leading to a peaceful transfer of power.
Condemning Killing of Peacekeepers in Central African Republic, Secretary-General Expresses Deep Concern that Unrest Threatens Gains towards Lasting Peace
SG/SM/18626-PKO/656
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf, Forty-Fourth Session Appointments
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NEW YORK, 25 July (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — On 24 July, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held the first plenary meeting of its forty-fourth session, held from 24 July to 8 September.
Economic and Social Council Adopts Texts on Repercussions of Israeli Occupation, South Sudan Crisis, Haiti’s Development, during Coordination, Management Meeting
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The Economic and Social Council adopted seven resolutions and one decision on issues ranging from Haiti’s long-term development, to the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation, and support for Non-Self-Governing Territories, as it launched the third round of its 2017 Coordination and Management Meetings today.