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Electoral Process, While Extended, Could Mark ‘Watershed’ Moment for Somalia, Special Representative Tells Security Council

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Electoral Process, While Extended, Could Mark ‘Watershed’ Moment for Somalia, Special Representative Tells Security Council

Despite yet another delay in Somalia’s planned elections — the first national polls held since 1969 — the country remained committed to advancing hard-won democratic progress and electing a new President on 30 November, the Security Council heard this morning as it was briefed by top officials from the United Nations, the African Union and the Somali Government.

Bolstered Political Will Must Restart Push for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Speakers Tell High-Level General Assembly Meeting

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Bolstered Political Will Must Restart Push for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Speakers Tell High-Level General Assembly Meeting

The only way to ensure the world was safe from nuclear weapons was to eliminate them entirely, speakers said at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly held to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Global Nuclear Disarmament at ‘Standstill’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Meeting, Urges Political Will to Surmount Inaction

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Global Nuclear Disarmament at ‘Standstill’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Meeting, Urges Political Will to Surmount Inaction

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, in New York today:

Commending International Atomic Energy Agency’s Role in Verifying Iran’s Nuclear Programme, Secretary-General Call for Sustained Commitment by All Parties

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Commending International Atomic Energy Agency’s Role in Verifying Iran’s Nuclear Programme, Secretary-General Call for Sustained Commitment by All Parties

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Yury Fedotov, Director General of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to the sixtieth regular session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), today:

Despite Persistent Inequality, Poverty, Other Challenges, World Leaders Voice Optimism for Future Prospects, as General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate

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Despite Persistent Inequality, Poverty, Other Challenges, World Leaders Voice Optimism for Future Prospects, as General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate

Spotlighting examples of persistent inequality around the globe – from skewed banking practices to entrenched poverty to lingering systemic racism – world leaders participating in the final day of the General Assembly’s seventy-first annual debate nevertheless expressed optimism that efforts to promote equitable growth, peace and prosperity would prevail.

Amid Bloodshed in Aleppo, Special Envoy for Syria Briefs Security Council, Calling on Russian Federation, United States to Save Ceasefire at ‘Eleventh Hour’

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Amid Bloodshed in Aleppo, Special Envoy for Syria Briefs Security Council, Calling on Russian Federation, United States to Save Ceasefire at ‘Eleventh Hour’

As the United States and the Russian Federation traded accusations in the Security Council today of misconduct in their handling of the crisis in Syria over the past two weeks, the United Nations top official addressing the conflict urged them to salvage their recent cessation of hostilities agreement before all hope was lost.

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