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General Assembly Adopts Texts on Antimicrobial Resistance, Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, Formalizing Ties with Migration Entity

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General Assembly Adopts Texts on Antimicrobial Resistance, Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, Formalizing Ties with Migration Entity

Taking consensus action on a range of draft resolutions today, the General Assembly, decided to convene a high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance, proclaimed the period 2016-2025 as the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, and approved an agreement institutionalizing the relationship between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2299 (2016)

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Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2299 (2016)

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 July 2017, emphasizing the importance of efforts to support the country’s stabilization, particularly those areas liberated from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh).

Opening Coordination, Management Session, Economic and Social Council Adopts Seven Texts, Including on Regional Cooperation, Non-Governmental Organizations

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Opening Coordination, Management Session, Economic and Social Council Adopts Seven Texts, Including on Regional Cooperation, Non-Governmental Organizations

Opening a three-day coordination and management session today, the Economic and Social Council considered a range of issues — from regional cooperation to the participation of non-governmental organizations at United Nations proceedings —adopting seven resolutions and seven decisions.

Humanitarian Affairs Chief Calls for Weekly 48-Hour ‘Pause’ in Fighting to Facilitate Aid Delivery to Syrians Trapped in Besieged Cities

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Humanitarian Affairs Chief Calls for Weekly 48-Hour ‘Pause’ in Fighting to Facilitate Aid Delivery to Syrians Trapped in Besieged Cities

The United Nations humanitarian affairs chief called today for the immediate establishment of a weekly, 48-hour pause in fighting so that urgently needed assistance could reach 250,000 people trapped in besieged eastern Aleppo and other hard-to-reach places in Syria.

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