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Political Tensions, Mounting Human Rights Incidents Could Lead to Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Security Council Warned

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Rising political tensions associated with the electoral process and the increasing number of security incidents and human rights violations posed a real risk of civil unrest and widespread violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council heard today during its periodic briefing on the situation.

States Parties to United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea Will Hold Resumed Twenty-Fifth Meeting at Headquarters, 15 January

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The resumed twenty-fifth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters on 15 January, for the purpose of electing one member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, following the resignation of Judge Vincente Marotta Rangel (Brazil), and one member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, following the resignation of Nenad Leder (Croatia).

Helping Hardest to Reach People Must Be Top Priority in Implementing New Global Development Agenda, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Ethics Event

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the “Ethics for Development” side event of the United Nations General Assembly, on 13 January, in New York: