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Third Committee Sends Text Asking General Assembly to Demand States End Honour Killings, Extrajudicial Deaths Targeting Vulnerable Groups

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Third Committee Sends Text Asking General Assembly to Demand States End Honour Killings, Extrajudicial Deaths Targeting Vulnerable Groups

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved three draft resolutions today, including one on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in a meeting marked by heated discussion.

Systematic Shift to Sustainable Transport, Dedicated Bicycle, Walking Lanes Critical to ‘Cleaner and Safer’ Future, Secretary-General Tells Forum

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Systematic Shift to Sustainable Transport, Dedicated Bicycle, Walking Lanes Critical to ‘Cleaner and Safer’ Future, Secretary-General Tells Forum

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message, as delivered by Nikhil Seth, Director, Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to the Integrated Conference of Better Air Quality and Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today:

Cautioning against Seeing Terrorist Challenges Solely through ‘Military Lens’, Secretary-General Urges Deeper Consideration of Conditions that Underpin It

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Cautioning against Seeing Terrorist Challenges Solely through ‘Military Lens’, Secretary-General Urges Deeper Consideration of Conditions that Underpin It

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on international cooperation in combating terrorism and violent extremism, in New York, today:

Syrian, Iraqi Governments, Armed Groups, Have ‘Moral and Legal’ Duty to Protect Civilians of Any Religious or Ethnic Affiliation, Says Secretary-General

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Syrian, Iraqi Governments, Armed Groups, Have ‘Moral and Legal’ Duty to Protect Civilians of Any Religious or Ethnic Affiliation, Says Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the conference: “United against Violence in the Name of Religion: Protecting Religious and Cultural Diversity in Iraq and Syria”, as delivered by Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, in Vienna, today:

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Calls for Redoubling Efforts to Target Root Causes of Terrorism as Threat Expands, Intensifies

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In Presidential Statement, Security Council Calls for Redoubling Efforts to Target Root Causes of Terrorism as Threat Expands, Intensifies

With thousands of foreign terrorist fighters traveling to conflict countries, and groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Sham (ISIL/ISIS) garnering hefty revenues from new illegal sources, the Security Council today urged States, the United Nations and other partners to target the root causes of terrorism as they redoubled efforts to eradicate that scourge in all its forms and manifestations.

As Top Management Official Unveils 2016-2017 Outline to Fifth Committee, Delegates Fret over Budget Formulation Methods, Rising Cost of Special Political Missions

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As Top Management Official Unveils 2016-2017 Outline to Fifth Committee, Delegates Fret over Budget Formulation Methods, Rising Cost of Special Political Missions

The United Nations regular budget for the biennium 2016-2017 would increase by almost $160 million, or 2.9 per cent, from the current two-year period, to reach a record $5.7 billion, primarily due to the need to support new special political missions, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard today.

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