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Special Commitee Approves Text Calling on United States to Expedite Puerto Rico’s Self-Determination Process, Welcomes Release of Long-Time Independence Activist

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Special Commitee Approves Text Calling on United States to Expedite Puerto Rico’s Self-Determination Process, Welcomes Release of Long-Time Independence Activist

The Special Committee on Decolonization today sent a draft resolution to the General Assembly calling on the Government of the United States to assume its responsibility to expedite a process that would allow the people of the island to fully exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.

Member States Consider How to Improve Draft as Conference Continues Debate on Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons

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Member States Consider How to Improve Draft as Conference Continues Debate on Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons

Continuing their deliberations on a legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons, Member States suggested today ways in which to improve the proposed text as well as various amendments to several of its draft articles.

Briefing Security Council, Chair of Peacebuilding Commission Underlines New Focus on Reviewing Working Methods to Enhance Efficiency, Flexibility

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Briefing Security Council, Chair of Peacebuilding Commission Underlines New Focus on Reviewing Working Methods to Enhance Efficiency, Flexibility

Building upon the progress it had made in 2016, the Peacebuilding Commission would now seek to review its working methods to enhance efficiency and flexibility, the Security Council heard today in its regular briefing on the intergovernmental advisory body’s work.

Continuing Fight for Justice Will Keep Babatunde Osotimehin ‘In Our Hearts’, Secretary-General Says at Service in Memory Of UNFPA Chief

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Continuing Fight for Justice Will Keep Babatunde Osotimehin ‘In Our Hearts’, Secretary-General Says at Service in Memory Of UNFPA Chief

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the memorial service for Babatunde Osotimehin, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York today:

Deputy Secretary-General Applauds Babatunde Osotimehin’s Championing of Dignity for All, Hailing Late Head of UNFPA as ‘Towering Giant of Humanism’

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Deputy Secretary-General Applauds Babatunde Osotimehin’s Championing of Dignity for All, Hailing Late Head of UNFPA as ‘Towering Giant of Humanism’

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s closing remarks at the memorial for Babatunde Osotimehin, the late Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York today:

Obligations of States Parties Should Include Destroying Existing Nuclear Arsenals, Speakers Say, as Talks on Legally Binding Instrument Continue

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Obligations of States Parties Should Include Destroying Existing Nuclear Arsenals, Speakers Say, as Talks on Legally Binding Instrument Continue

Speakers voiced support for the requirement that all States parties destroy their existing nuclear arsenals, as the Conference convening to codify a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons and lead towards their total elimination entered its second day.

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