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Decolonization and Middle East matters in focus as General Assembly adopts 38 draft resolutions and decisions upon recommendation of Fourth Committee at 47th plenary meeting.

Displaced people at a small settlement in South Sudan’s Yambio attended a forum where they learned about their human rights duties and responsibilities, including what to do when they learn about grave violations of human rights, like rape. UNMISS

On the first anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said the country was beginning to see “in the hearts and minds of those who make decisions about war the desire to make peace.” UNIFEED / FILE

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen an increase in the number of reported cases of the deadly hemorrhagic virus Ebola linked to ongoing violence by armed groups targeting remote communities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. UNTV CH

Calling for greater disarmament cooperation to reduce arms flows, eliminate banned weapons, General Assembly adopts 60 First Committee texts at 46th plenary meeting.

General Assembly adopts three resolutions on Culture of Peace, highlighting need to foster interreligious dialogue and moderate social media, at 45th plenary.

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

Speaking at the UN Climate Conference in Madrid today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said we are “still losing the climate race” but stressed that we can choose another path; “The path of climate action and well-being for people and planet. And this path is about people’s jobs, health, education, opportunities, and future. COP25 HOST BROADCASTER

The IMF welcomed report that the US and China may be on the verge of a trade deal and supports ratcheting down of the tension between the Washington and Beijing, spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington. IMF

A cooperative supported by the IKEA foundation is turning invasive weeds into energy and a source of livelihood for both refugees and their host communities in Ethiopia’s arid south. UNHCR