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Rule of Law Core to Successful Multilateral Treaties, International Cooperation, Sixth Committee Hears as Debate Begins On Principle

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Rule of Law Core to Successful Multilateral Treaties, International Cooperation, Sixth Committee Hears as Debate Begins On Principle

Delegates of the Sixth Committee (Legal) recognized that only actions by States could breathe life into multilateral treaties and rule of law at the international and national levels as the Committee took up consideration of that topic today.

Speakers in First Committee Call for Legal Framework to Address Nuclear Weapons Possession, Proliferation, Even If It Means Negotiating outside United Nations

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Speakers in First Committee Call for Legal Framework to Address Nuclear Weapons Possession, Proliferation, Even If It Means Negotiating outside United Nations

Several speakers today in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) called for a legally binding framework to ban nuclear weapons, with the aim of addressing the deep-seated problems of possession and proliferation.

Opening Debate on Children’s Rights, Officials Warn Third Committee of Disturbing Spike in Targeted Abductions, Recruitment by Armed Groups, Shuttered Schools

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Opening Debate on Children’s Rights, Officials Warn Third Committee of Disturbing Spike in Targeted Abductions, Recruitment by Armed Groups, Shuttered Schools

The plight of children living in the midst of conflict had worsened in many parts of the world, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today as it began its consideration of the promotion and protection of the rights of young people with an interactive dialogue with top United Nations officials.

United Nations Must Shoulder Responsibility to End Colonial Occupations, Demand Speakers in Fourth Committee

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United Nations Must Shoulder Responsibility to End Colonial Occupations, Demand Speakers in Fourth Committee

Delegations Decry ‘Agonizingly Slow’ Progress towards Self-determination

Halfway into the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, the United Nations must rise to its responsibilities and put an end to colonial occupations once and for all, delegates stressed today as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its general debate on the issue.

Women Need Leadership Role in Peacebuilding to Defeat Gender-Based Violence, Armed Extremists, Secretary-General Says at Launch of Global Study on Issue

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Women Need Leadership Role in Peacebuilding to Defeat Gender-Based Violence, Armed Extremists, Secretary-General Says at Launch of Global Study on Issue

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the Global Study of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), in New York today:

Speakers Urge Greater Action to Implement Women, Peace and Security Agenda, as Security Council Concludes Debate on Resolution 1325 (2000)

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Speakers Urge Greater Action to Implement Women, Peace and Security Agenda, as Security Council Concludes Debate on Resolution 1325 (2000)

Fifteen years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon continued Tuesday’s high-level debate on strengthening implementation of that and subsequent resolutions, urging “action instead of talk”.

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