"AUSTRALIA"

Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu of Romania, Hilary Charlesworth of Australia, Sarah Hull Cleveland of the United States, Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco of Mexico, and Dire Tladi of South Africa were elected as members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a term of office of nine years, beginning on 6 February 2024. UNIFEED

The United Nations Human Rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado said, “We are deeply disappointed that a referendum on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia did not pass.” OHCHR

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has appointed Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden as Goodwill Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP

A global UN survey on how persons with disabilities are prepared to cope with disasters reveals severe lack of progress since analysis a decade ago. UNDRR / PRACTICAL ACTION

Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19-26 September 2023).

In his address to the General Assembly’s General Debate, the President of Palau Surangel Whipps said that his country advocates “for a global deep-sea mining moratorium and adhering to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea precautionary principle.” UNIFEED

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

Comments to the media, in her national capacity by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and President of the Security Council for the month of August, on behalf of the United States, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia,

Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.