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Delegates Diverge Sharply on Annual Programme Budget Cycle, as Fifth Committee Debates Merits of Secretary-General Proposal to Make Change from Biennial Period Permanent

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Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today laid out sharply different perspectives on whether the United Nations shift to an annual budget cycle three years ago is viable for the long term.

Special Coordinator, Briefing Security Council, Appeals for Urgent Action as Israel-Palestinian Conflict Nears Boiling Point Once Again

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Warning that current trends could worsen the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, briefing the Security Council today, called on all parties to rein in violence and incitement and, together with the international community, take urgent steps towards achieving the two-State solution.

‘Give Teeth’ to Convention’s Accountability Provisions, Bring Treaty into Modern Age, Secretary-General Tells Biological Weapons Review Conference

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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the participants of the ninth Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference, in Geneva today: