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Upcoming Middle East Quartet Meeting Offers ‘Important Opportunity’ to Lay Basis for Progress towards Resumed Negotiations, Durable Peace, Security Council Told

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Upcoming Middle East Quartet Meeting Offers ‘Important Opportunity’ to Lay Basis for Progress towards Resumed Negotiations, Durable Peace, Security Council Told

Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council this morning that the upcoming meeting of the Middle East Diplomatic Quartet on 24 September presented an “important opportunity to lay the basis for progress” towards a durable peace.

Poverty Eradication, Climate Change, International Financial System among Key Agenda Items as Second Committee Approves Organization of Work

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Poverty Eradication, Climate Change, International Financial System among Key Agenda Items as Second Committee Approves Organization of Work

Poverty eradication, climate change, the international financial system and development were among key topics approved for consideration by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning as it approved its organization of work for the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly.

Palestinian Rights Committee Discusses Developments in Occupied Territory, Political Process, Report of United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Gaza

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Palestinian Rights Committee Discusses Developments in Occupied Territory, Political Process, Report of United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Gaza

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, meeting back to back with the Security Council briefing this morning by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, heard briefings on the latest developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and progress in the political process, and reviewed its activities since its last meeting in May.

Marking International Day of Peace on 18 September, 1,000 Students Will Gather at UN Headquarters to Discuss ‘Disarm Now for Better World’

Note No. 6217

Marking International Day of Peace on 18 September, 1,000 Students Will Gather at UN Headquarters to Discuss ‘Disarm Now for Better World’

On Friday, 18 September, the United Nations Department of Public Information will hold the twelfth student observance of the International Day of Peace under the theme “Disarm Now for a Better World”, in line with the Secretary-General’s “We Must Disarm” campaign.
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