The new Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, Nicola Clase, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Lise Gregoire-van Haaren, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations, Peter Hulényi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Ghislain Ondias Okouma, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The United Nations must listen to the people on the ground in the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today from elected officials and petitioners from British Virgin Islands, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, New Caledonia, and Guam who detailed long years of colonial occupation as well as new horizons of progress.

Facing a cascade of climate disasters, conflicts and economic strains, the world is sliding backwards on poverty, hunger, gender equality and education — requiring immediate concerted action as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recede out of reach for developing countries - speakers stressed today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) opened its annual general debate.

Regional and global cooperation is essential to combating organized crime — from smuggling of firearms and narcotics in the Caribbean and wildlife trafficking in the Amazon to cyberscams in South-East Asia — delegates told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today.

The General Assembly today adopted the Political Declaration of last month’s high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance, recognizing it is one of the most urgent global health threats, and demanding immediate action to safeguard the ability to treat diseases, enhance food security and advance the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today tackled how — or even whether — to recalibrate the complex financial methodology used to determine how much money each Member State will contribute to the Organization’s regular and peacekeeping budgets.