The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.**Iraq
Good afternoon to you all. Let’s start at the beginning. Turning to Iraq, the Secretary‑General says he i…
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Read MoreDuring the plenary session of the General Conference 13 delegations delivered statements, which are available here.
The following side events took place on Thursday:
At the event Health Check: Applying Nuclear Safeguards at Radiopharmaceutical Faciliti…
The United Nations should explore greater use of conflict prevention and mediation tools enshrined in its founding Charter, speakers told the Security Council today, as it examined the Organization’s long-standing culture of spending billions of dollar…
Read MoreNote: Following are summaries of statements made today in the Security Council meeting on conflict prevention and mediation. A complete summary of this Council meeting will be available later today as Press Release SC/13837.Briefings
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES,…
Read MoreThe Security Council Presidents for March and April presented the programmes of work for those months during a Headquarters press conference today, focus on four priority areas: disarmament; women in conflict situations; international humanitaria…
Read MoreThe Security Council adopted a resolution today that outlines steps leading towards the goal of ending conflict in Africa through enhanced international cooperation and partnership as well as robust support for peace operations led by the African Union…
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