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A shift in States’ legal obligations when countering terrorism, the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures and the right to development were among the many topics experts covered in briefings to the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian...
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October 18, 2018 Web Desk
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Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty today, delegates noted the persistent scourge of extreme global poverty and called for increased aid and development to tackle it as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) took up the ...
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October 17, 2018 Web Desk
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Spiking insecurity and instability in Africa’s Sahel region indicates an urgent need to resolve the long-standing dispute over Western Sahara, delegates told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today, as it concluded its g...
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October 16, 2018 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Rising Unrest in Sahel Spells Need to Resolve Long-Standing Western Sahara Dispute, Say Delegates as Fourth Committee Concludes Decolonization Debate
The Secretary-General is now back in New York. He arrived over the weekend after his trip to Indonesia.On Saturday, he attended the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Bali, and he took part in the Development Committee, the Climate Finance Minist...
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October 16, 2018 Web Desk
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The following is a near‑verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary‑General.All right, good afternoon.
**Indonesia
The Secretary‑General is now back in New York. ...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
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Every Friday, IRIN’s team of specialist editors offers a curation of humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
On our radar:
Uganda erupts
More than 30 years after coming to power as a rebel movement in the wake of the...
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October 15, 2018 Web Desk
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Delegates of France, Papua New Guinea Give Update on New Caledonia ReferendumWestern Sahara is represented by a “shadow republic”, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it continued its hearing of petit...
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October 12, 2018 Web Desk
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Comments Off on Western Sahara Represented by ‘Shadow Republic’, Says Petitioner as Fourth Committee Continues Decolonization Discussion
