Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

We Must ‘Reimagine a World Where Trade Is a Force for Shared Prosperity — Not Geopolitical Rivalry’, Secretary-General Tells Global Leaders Forum

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We Must ‘Reimagine a World Where Trade Is a Force for Shared Prosperity — Not Geopolitical Rivalry’, Secretary-General Tells Global Leaders Forum

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Global Leaders Forum for the sixtieth anniversary of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in Geneva today:

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Should Develop Economy, Not Missiles, Civil Society Representative Tells Security Council, Highlighting Population’s Plight

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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Should Develop Economy, Not Missiles, Civil Society Representative Tells Security Council, Highlighting Population’s Plight

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea invests most of its efforts into developing its military power, ignoring the State’s responsibility to allow its people to live full lives, a defector from that country told the Security Council today, stating that he wanted to become his country’s diplomat before discovering its “horrific truth”.

Syria’s Renewed Cooperation on Chemical Weapons File Bearing Positive Results, More Efforts Key to Close Outstanding Issues, Disarmament Chief Tells Security Council

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Syria’s Renewed Cooperation on Chemical Weapons File Bearing Positive Results, More Efforts Key to Close Outstanding Issues, Disarmament Chief Tells Security Council

While renewed cooperation between Syrian authorities and the Declaration Assessment Team of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has borne positive results, the United Nations’ disarmament chief told the Security Council today that further cooperation is needed, as Council members debated whether the organ should continue to meet on this file despite slow progress in its resolution.

Deputy Secretary-General Urges More Efforts to Provide People with Disabilities Access to Assistive Technologies, Decent Work, at Conference of States Parties’ Session

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Deputy Secretary-General Urges More Efforts to Provide People with Disabilities Access to Assistive Technologies, Decent Work, at Conference of States Parties’ Session

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message to the opening of the seventeenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York today:

Mechanism Concluding Tasks of Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia ‘Steadily Advancing on Path of Completion’, President Tells Security Council

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Mechanism Concluding Tasks of Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia ‘Steadily Advancing on Path of Completion’, President Tells Security Council

Delegates today welcomed milestones reached by a United Nations war crime court in completing its judicial phase for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and called for renewed support for its duties related to accountability and justice, as the Security Council heard briefings from top officials of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), ahead of a resolution to renew its mandate later in June.

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