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Amid Mixed Results for Africa’s Effective Governance, Peace, Security, Speakers in Security Council Spotlight Ways to End Violence, Build Capacity for Growth

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Amid Mixed Results for Africa’s Effective Governance, Peace, Security, Speakers in Security Council Spotlight Ways to End Violence, Build Capacity for Growth

Highlighting the links between effective governance, peace, security and development in Africa, speakers urged greater international investment and support for nationally led efforts, stressing “Africa knows best” how to resolve its own problems, as the Security Council concluded a two-day open debate on stopping violence and building the capacity for peace and growth on the continent.

Commending Signing of Chadian Transitional Authorities, Politico-Military Groups Peace Agreement, Secretary-General Urges Full Support at ‘This Critical Moment’

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Commending Signing of Chadian Transitional Authorities, Politico-Military Groups Peace Agreement, Secretary-General Urges Full Support at ‘This Critical Moment’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message, delivered in French, to the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between the Chadian transitional authorities and politico-military groups, in Doha, Qatar, today:

Recounting Horrors in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombing Survivors Urge Recommitment to ‘Never Again’ Use Nuclear Weapons, as Review Conference Wraps Up First Week

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Recounting Horrors in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombing Survivors Urge Recommitment to ‘Never Again’ Use Nuclear Weapons, as Review Conference Wraps Up First Week

​​​​​The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons concluded its first week today, with gripping first-hand accounts by those who survived the horrors of atomic production, testing and use, and who moved the debate from one of concepts and proposals towards a timeless appeal to uphold a collective moral conscience in saying “never again”.

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