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Take Charge with Compassion, Vision to Tackle Climate Change, Refugee Crisis, Secretary-General Urges Graduate Students at Development Studies Institute

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Take Charge with Compassion, Vision to Tackle Climate Change, Refugee Crisis, Secretary-General Urges Graduate Students at Development Studies Institute

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the students and faculty of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Geneva today:

Follow-Up Action Needed to Consolidate Peace, Ensure Aid Delivery after Parties’ Signing of Road Map for Ending Conflict in Darfur, Security Council Told

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Follow-Up Action Needed to Consolidate Peace, Ensure Aid Delivery after Parties’ Signing of Road Map for Ending Conflict in Darfur, Security Council Told

The recent signing up of additional parties to a road map for ending conflict in Darfur must be followed by action to consolidate peace and ensure delivery of aid to those displaced by long-term and recent fighting in the western region of Sudan, the head of United Nations peacekeeping told the Security Council today.

Global Economic Imbalances Threaten Sustainable Development for All, Second Committee Hears as General Debate Begins

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Global Economic Imbalances Threaten Sustainable Development for All, Second Committee Hears as General Debate Begins

The world was facing an unprecedented array of global risks and negative trends from the refugee crisis and climate change to drug-resistant antibiotics and political upheaval, a renowned economist told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today, as it began its general debate.

Human Rights Must Be Core in Fight against Terrorism, Sixth Committee Hears, as It Takes Up Ongoing Stalemate of Draft Convention to Eliminate Global Threat

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Human Rights Must Be Core in Fight against Terrorism, Sixth Committee Hears, as It Takes Up Ongoing Stalemate of Draft Convention to Eliminate Global Threat

Rule of law and respect for human rights must stay at the heart of the fight against terrorism, the Sixth Committee (Legal) heard today as it opened its first meeting of the seventy-first General Assembly session.

Situation in Occupied Territories Moving ‘From Bad to Worse’, Permanent Observer Tells Palestinian Rights Committee, Decrying Settlements, Home Demolitions

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Situation in Occupied Territories Moving ‘From Bad to Worse’, Permanent Observer Tells Palestinian Rights Committee, Decrying Settlements, Home Demolitions

Among other critical activities during the General Assembly’s seventy-first session, the State of Palestine would pursue efforts to enhance its status at the United Nations and demand that the international community end illegal settlement-building activities, its Permanent Observer told the Palestinian Rights Committee today.

States Must Be Flexible, Creative in Finding Common Ground to Resuscitate Nuclear Disarmament Efforts, First Committee Told, as General Debate Opens

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States Must Be Flexible, Creative in Finding Common Ground to Resuscitate Nuclear Disarmament Efforts, First Committee Told, as General Debate Opens

Flexibility and creativity were needed in order to find common ground and move past recent setbacks across the disarmament landscape, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) heard today, opening its general debate.

Decolonization Has Stagnated Since Adoption of Declaration, Speaker Tells Fourth Committee, as It Begins Annual Debate

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Decolonization Has Stagnated Since Adoption of Declaration, Speaker Tells Fourth Committee, as It Begins Annual Debate

The decolonization process was “in stagnation” despite the progress made since the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 1960, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it opened its annual debate on that issue.

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