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Second Committee Approves 6 Draft Resolutions, including Texts on Debt Sustainability, Food Security, as It Concludes Session

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Second Committee Approves 6 Draft Resolutions, including Texts on Debt Sustainability, Food Security, as It Concludes Session

Concluding its work for the main part of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session today, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) voted against a proposed amendment to a text by recorded vote, unanimously approving that draft as a whole, for a total of six draft resolutions on topics ranging from debt sustainability and development to food security and beyond.

Proposal to Streamline Administrative Services Draws Mixed Reviews as Budget Committee Examines Feasibility, Cost-Effectiveness of Shared Support Centres

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Proposal to Streamline Administrative Services Draws Mixed Reviews as Budget Committee Examines Feasibility, Cost-Effectiveness of Shared Support Centres

Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today gave mixed reviews of the Secretary-General’s plans to consolidate the United Nations fragmented administrative services, which if properly implemented, would improve its ability to serve global duty stations and field offices through a leaner, more effective and cost-efficient structure.

Path to Gender Parity Remains Long, Despite Progress in Breaking Barriers, Secretary-General Says at Opening of ‘Women in United Nations’ Exhibition

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Path to Gender Parity Remains Long, Despite Progress in Breaking Barriers, Secretary-General Says at Opening of ‘Women in United Nations’ Exhibition

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks at the opening of the exhibition “A Celebration of Leading Women in the United Nations”, in New York, today:

Decrying Carnage in Aleppo, Speakers Urge Security Council to End Violence, Open Humanitarian Corridors, Engage in Genuine Dialogue

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Decrying Carnage in Aleppo, Speakers Urge Security Council to End Violence, Open Humanitarian Corridors, Engage in Genuine Dialogue

The current battle in Syria must be followed by an immediate end to violence by all sides, unfettered humanitarian access and genuine engagement without preconditions on finding a political solution to stop the conflict, the Security Council heard today in a meeting called by France and the United Kingdom.

 

Legal Committee Crucial in Strengthening International Cooperation, General Assembly Affirms, Unanimously Adopting 25 Resolutions

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Legal Committee Crucial in Strengthening International Cooperation, General Assembly Affirms, Unanimously Adopting 25 Resolutions

The role of the Sixth Committee (Legal) was crucial to strengthening international cooperation to confront threats to peace and security, the General Assembly affirmed today, as it adopted 25 resolutions and 4 decisions of that Committee without a vote.

Impunity Will Thrive without Break in Impasse over Darfur Situation, Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court Warns Security Council

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Impunity Will Thrive without Break in Impasse over Darfur Situation, Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court Warns Security Council

Unless the impasse in Sudan’s Darfur region was broken, the five suspects indicted for grave crimes committed there would remain at large and impunity would encourage new crimes, the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor warned today as she delivered her twenty-fourth biannual briefing to the Security Council.

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