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Santiago Villalpando, Chief of the Treaty Section in the Office of Legal Affairs, and Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, briefed on the upcoming Treaty Event and the appeal for universal ratification of the Genocide Convention.

United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng said “we can only put the Genocide Convention to rest when the threat of genocide is no longer in the horizon of our society.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said more than one million people remained affected by Typhoon Mangkhut, which made landfall in the Philippines on 15 September. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A top United Nations official in South Sudan welcomed the signing of the peace agreement between warring parties last week in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and called for pulling out of armed units to avoid “going into conflict with each other.” UNMISS

Outlining top priorities, new General Assembly president cites gender equality, orderly migration, decent work, as she opens Seventy-Third Session at 1st plenary meeting.

Security Council cautiously commends South Sudan revitalized peace agreement amid concerns over commitment of signatories to implementation at 8356th meeting.

Special Envoy for Syria advocates creation of constitutional committee as Security Council delegates hail Russian-Turkish accord on Idlib buffer zone at 8355th meeting.

One in three children and young people between five and 17 years old living in countries affected by conflict or disaster – 104 million – are not in school, a figure that accounts for more than a third of the global out-of-school population, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

Addressing the opening of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, GA President, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, as only the fourth woman to assume the role, dedicated her presidency to “those women who have entered politics; who are demanding equality in the workplace; those women and girls who are victims of violence; to those girls and adolescents who demand access to quality education.” UNIFEED