Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

As First Committee Approves 10 Texts, Delegates Spotlight Rights to Self-defence, Raising Concerns about Conventional Weapons Treaties

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As First Committee Approves 10 Texts, Delegates Spotlight Rights to Self-defence, Raising Concerns about Conventional Weapons Treaties

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) turned its attention to conventional weapons today, approving 10 texts, including one that would have the General Assembly reaffirm its determination to ensure the effective operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

Concerns about Protection of Environment Increasingly Present in Disputes before World Court, that Body’s President Tells Sixth Committee

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Concerns about Protection of Environment Increasingly Present in Disputes before World Court, that Body’s President Tells Sixth Committee

The protection of the environment was increasingly becoming an important concern, both on the international stage and in the disputes brought before the International Court of Justice, the President of that body told the Sixth Committee today.

Country-specific, Thematic Issues Dominate Meeting, as Third Committee Takes Up Five Texts on Children’s Rights, Other Aspects of Social Development

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Country-specific, Thematic Issues Dominate Meeting, as Third Committee Takes Up Five Texts on Children’s Rights, Other Aspects of Social Development

Experts on the human rights situations in Myanmar and Iran, as well as on thematic topics such as trafficking in persons, were among those presenting reports to the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as delegates began general debate on those reports and introduced five draft resolutions on other aspects of social development.

States Must Support National, Global Action to Stop Weapons from Reaching Terrorist Groups, First Committee Hears, as It Approves 7 Texts

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States Must Support National, Global Action to Stop Weapons from Reaching Terrorist Groups, First Committee Hears, as It Approves 7 Texts

Responding to an increasingly complex international security landscape with unprecedented threats emerging from non-State actors, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) approved 7 draft texts, one aimed at preventing an outer space arms race and another on stopping terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

Gender Equality, Geographic Diversity among Workforce Key to United Nations Credibility, Fifth Committee Hears in Debate on Human Resource Management

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Gender Equality, Geographic Diversity among Workforce Key to United Nations Credibility, Fifth Committee Hears in Debate on Human Resource Management

Delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) urged the Secretariat to ensure the United Nations staff reflected the diversity of Member States as it better managed thousands of employees around the world and helped them carry out the Organization’s crucial mandates.

Fourth Committee Approves Text Supporting Scientific Body’s Plans for Conducting Its Programme of Work

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Fourth Committee Approves Text Supporting Scientific Body’s Plans for Conducting Its Programme of Work

While the findings of the 2013 report on Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident remained valid, the long-term incidence of cancer among its victims required further consideration, speakers said today, as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved a draft resolution on the effects of atomic radiation.

Secretary-General Calls for Forging Common Approaches to World’s Emerging Crises, at Security Council Debate on Cooperation between Regional Organizations

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Secretary-General Calls for Forging Common Approaches to World’s Emerging Crises, at Security Council Debate on Cooperation between Regional Organizations

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security, in New York today:

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