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Argentina Enjoys Widespread Support over Question of Falklands (Malvinas) as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Decolonization Matters

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Argentina Enjoys Widespread Support over Question of Falklands (Malvinas) as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Decolonization Matters

While the United Nations decolonization process had achieved “historic successes”, colonial thinking and behaviour were still “rampant”, with 17 lands remaining on the Organization’s list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it opened its annual debate on the issue.

International Community Must Enhance, Bolster Cooperation, Putting Human Beings at Heart of Drug Policies, Speakers Tell Third Committee

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International Community Must Enhance, Bolster Cooperation, Putting Human Beings at Heart of Drug Policies, Speakers Tell Third Committee

States and United Nations agencies must strengthen cooperation in addressing transnational crimes, human trafficking and the world drug problem while putting human beings at the heart of solutions to combat those threats, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today during its general discussion of crime prevention, criminal justice and international drug control.

Importance of South-South Cooperation, Official Development Assistance Focus, as Second Committee Continues Debate on Implementing 2030 Agenda

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Importance of South-South Cooperation, Official Development Assistance Focus, as Second Committee Continues Debate on Implementing 2030 Agenda

As the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) continued its general debate today, African Member States, both least developed and middle-income, stressed the need to implement a new development agenda “without the burden of the past”, as they called on wealthy nations to restructure debt.

Budget Committee Approves Work Programme of Current Session, Reviews Scale for Calculating Member States’ Dues to United Nations

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Budget Committee Approves Work Programme of Current Session, Reviews Scale for Calculating Member States’ Dues to United Nations

Members of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today called on each other to work together this session as they tackled a complex and ambitious agenda that included the Organization’s two‑year multi‑billion‑dollar budget for 2016-2017 and whether to re-adjust the methodology used over the next three years to assess Member States’ contribution to the regular budget as well as its peacekeeping operations.

Deputy Chief of Palestine Refugee Agency Paints Dire Picture of Financial Position as Member States Announce Donations at Pledging Conference

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Deputy Chief of Palestine Refugee Agency Paints Dire Picture of Financial Position as Member States Announce Donations at Pledging Conference

A total of 21 donors today announced contributions, or their intention to contribute, to the 2016 budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as officials urged stable financing for the Agency against a backdrop of expanding crises in the Middle East.

Anxiety over Nuclear Weapons ‘Deep and Genuine’, Disarmament High Representative Tells First Committee as Session Opens, Urging It to ‘Roll Up Its Sleeves’

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Anxiety over Nuclear Weapons ‘Deep and Genuine’, Disarmament High Representative Tells First Committee as Session Opens, Urging It to ‘Roll Up Its Sleeves’

Amid concerns that the progress made since the cold war had stalled, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) was warned today that there was “no time to lose”, and the international community was urged to “roll up its sleeves” and tackle the world’s disarmament issues.

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