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Global Financial Institutions Must Facilitate Access to Low-Cost Finance for All Climate Vulnerable States, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Arab Regional Forum

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​​​​​​​Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the to the Arab Regional Forum on Climate Initiatives to Finance Climate Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Beirut today:

Instead of Fighting Each Other, ‘Humanity Should Be Rallying Together to Tackle Common Challenges We Face’, Says Secretary-General at Peace Bell Ceremony

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Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations Peace Bell ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, observed on 21 September, in New York today:

Despite New Road Map Extending South Sudan’s Democratic Transition, Increasing Violence, Food Insecurity Threaten Progress, Briefers Tell Security Council

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​​​​​​​Despite consensus by key signatories on a road map to complete South Sudan’s democratic transition to elections and a new Government, the country’s humanitarian situation is more dire than ever, with increasing violence and sexual assaults, the Government struggling to fulfil terms of the peace accord, and the entire country facing devastating food insecurity, briefers told the Security Council today.

General Assembly Adopts Work Programme for Seventy-Seventh Session, including Decision Allowing Ukraine to Submit Pre-recorded Statement at Main Debate

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The General Assembly today adopted its work programme for the seventy-seventh session, deciding to include a range of new items on its agenda, also noting that practical arrangements will continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Closing Its 2022 Session, Non-Governmental Organizations Committee Recommends Special Consultative Status to 173 Entities, Defers Action on 319 Others

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The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today closed its resumed session for 2022, which began on 29 August, approving its report and recommending that the Economic and Social Council grant special consultative status to 173 entities out of the 564 applications it examined.  The Committee deferred 319 requests for further consideration during its ordinary session in 2023, according to Vice-President Mine Ozgul Bilman (Türkiye).