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Deputy Secretary-General, Briefing Second Committee on Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review, Pledges Support for Implementing Country Priorities

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Deputy Secretary-General, Briefing Second Committee on Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review, Pledges Support for Implementing Country Priorities

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the briefing on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of the United Nations operational system to the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), today:

Despite COVID-19, Efforts to Verify Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Stockpile Continue, High Representative Tells Security Council

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Despite COVID-19, Efforts to Verify Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Stockpile Continue, High Representative Tells Security Council

Despite some of its work remaining curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pressing forward with efforts to verify the destruction of Syria’s stockpiles and production facilities, the senior United Nations disarmament official told the Security Council today, as members diverged sharply over procedural matters.

Approving Work Programme, Speakers Stress Adequate Funding Key for People Relying on United Nations Support amid COVID-19, as Fifth Committee Begins Session

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Approving Work Programme, Speakers Stress Adequate Funding Key for People Relying on United Nations Support amid COVID-19, as Fifth Committee Begins Session

Before approving a programme of work for their seventy‑fifth session, delegates of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today vowed to work together as they tackle an ambitious agenda that embraces the Organization’s second annual budget and crucial reforms meant to expand efficiency and transparency.

Ability to Resolve Differences without Resorting to Violence Key to Haiti’s Socioeconomic Future, Top Official Tells Security Council

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Ability to Resolve Differences without Resorting to Violence Key to Haiti’s Socioeconomic Future, Top Official Tells Security Council

Haiti’s political and socioeconomic future hinges on the ability of that country’s political and economic classes to resolve their differences without resorting to violence, the head of the United Nations special political mission there told the Security Council during a 5 October video teleconference meeting.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs today said that they remain deeply concerned about the ongoing hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, calling on all sides to immediately end the fighting and respect international human rights and humanitarian law.

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