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Speakers Urge Adequate Funding of Peacekeeping Mission Drawdown in Mali, Stable Financing Mechanism for Peacebuilding Fund, as Fifth Committee Begins Session

2 October 2023

GA/AB/4425

Speakers Urge Adequate Funding of Peacekeeping Mission Drawdown in Mali, Stable Financing Mechanism for Peacebuilding Fund, as Fifth Committee Begins Session

Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today tackled a diverse set of financial issues that included adequate funding to safely drawdown a peacekeeping mission in Africa, creating a stable financing mechanism for the Organization’s Peacebuilding Fund and exploring changes in the complex methodology used to assess Member States’ contributions. As they opened their seventy-eighth session and approved their work programme, delegates also discussed the Organization’s liquidity woes and once again urged each other to make timely payments so the Organization can fulfil the core mandates laid down by Member States.

Speakers Emphasize Need to Resolve Outstanding Colonial Questions as Fourth Committee Launches General Debate on the Issue

2 October 2023

GA/SPD/775

Speakers Emphasize Need to Resolve Outstanding Colonial Questions as Fourth Committee Launches General Debate on the Issue

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its general debate on decolonization and related items today, with many speakers emphasizing the need to resolve the questions of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, more than six decades after the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Security Council Authorizes Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti for Initial Period of One Year, by Vote of 13 in Favour with 2 Abstentions

2 October 2023

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Security Council Authorizes Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti for Initial Period of One Year, by Vote of 13 in Favour with 2 Abstentions

The Security Council today authorized deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission, headed by Kenya, in close cooperation and coordination with the Government of Haiti, for an initial period of 12 months, with a review after nine.

Sustainable Development Goals Unreachable without Reformed Financial Architecture, Stronger Political Will, Speakers Say as Second Committee Opens General Debate

2 October 2023

GA/EF/3583

Sustainable Development Goals Unreachable without Reformed Financial Architecture, Stronger Political Will, Speakers Say as Second Committee Opens General Debate

As developing States face compounding crises of onerous debt, extreme poverty and the costs of climate change, “business as usual is not viable” in steering the dangerously off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) back towards progress, speakers warned today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) opened its annual general debate.

With Criminal Groups Using Sophisticated Technologies to Ply Their Wares, Third Committee Stresses Urgent Need to Collectively Combat Transnational Crime

2 October 2023

GA/SHC/4374

With Criminal Groups Using Sophisticated Technologies to Ply Their Wares, Third Committee Stresses Urgent Need to Collectively Combat Transnational Crime

Organized criminal groups use technology in every step of their process, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today, as delegates highlighted the many scourges stemming from human trafficking and outlined ways to prevent crime and combat the illicit trafficking of drugs, corruption, terrorism and organized crime.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

2 October 2023

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN mission there, expressed concern today over the emergence of unilateral and competing initiatives on the reconstruction of Derna and other flood-affected areas. He urges leaders to agree on a unified response.

Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for October

2 October 2023

Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for October

The Security Council’s programme for October will commence this afternoon with action on a resolution authorizing the deployment of an international police force in Haiti, its President for the month told a Headquarters press conference today.

With Peace and Security Architecture Imperilled, First Committee Must Spotlight Disarmament in Multilateral Efforts to Ease Tensions, Says High Representative

2 October 2023

GA/DIS/3709

With Peace and Security Architecture Imperilled, First Committee Must Spotlight Disarmament in Multilateral Efforts to Ease Tensions, Says High Representative

Amid rising geopolitical tensions and the peace and security architecture under unprecedented strain, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) has a key role in ensuring disarmament will be at the centre of broader multilateral efforts at this critical moment in history, the body heard today at the start of its 2023 general debate.