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Pressing Iraq’s Leaders, ‘All of Them’, to Pull Country Back from Ledge, Mission Head Tells Security Council Absence of Functioning Government Hard to Justify

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Pressing Iraq’s Leaders, ‘All of Them’, to Pull Country Back from Ledge, Mission Head Tells Security Council Absence of Functioning Government Hard to Justify

One year after elections were held, and three years after Iraqis took to the streets to protest a lack of political, economic and social prospects, the continuing absence of a functioning government is hard to justify, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, while stressing the need for Iraq’s leaders — “all of them” — to engage in dialogue and “pull the country back from the ledge”.

Immense Development Opportunities of Digital Technology Must Be Guided by Safety, Transparency, Secretary-General Tells Global Conference on Electronic Governance

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Immense Development Opportunities of Digital Technology Must Be Guided by Safety, Transparency, Secretary-General Tells Global Conference on Electronic Governance

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, in Guimarães, Portugal, today:

Security Council 2140 Sanctions Committee Adds One Entry to Its Sanctions List

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Security Council 2140 Sanctions Committee Adds One Entry to Its Sanctions List

On 4 October 2022, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by the Security Council and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

As Sixth Committee Begins Seventy-Seventh Session, Speakers Call for Clear Definition of Terrorism, Draft Convention on Global Menace to Be Concluded

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As Sixth Committee Begins Seventy-Seventh Session, Speakers Call for Clear Definition of Terrorism, Draft Convention on Global Menace to Be Concluded

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) met to approve its work programme for the seventy-seventh session and began its consideration of the Secretary-General report on measures to eliminate international terrorism, delegates called for a draft comprehensive convention to be concluded and the resolving of outstanding issues regarding the definition of terrorism.

Delegates Call for Global Instrument to Curb Cybercrime, as Third Committee Discusses Crime, Communications Technologies and Drugs

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Delegates Call for Global Instrument to Curb Cybercrime, as Third Committee Discusses Crime, Communications Technologies and Drugs

The ramping up of globalized digitization in an increasingly unstable world fraught with crises provides opportunities for trafficking of drugs and persons as well as terrorism, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today during its debate on crime, information and technologies and drugs.

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