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Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

Residual mechanism crucial to preserve legacies of closed criminal tribunals for Rwanda, former Yugoslavia, speakers tell General Assembly at 21st plenary meeting.

General Assembly elects 18 member states to Human Rights Council, allowing vote by 3 member states in Article 19 exemption over financial dues at 19th plenary meeting.

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

Australia should end its offshore processing policy on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea amid reports of widespread acute mental distress and attempted suicide by children and young adults, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today in Geneva. UNTV CH

Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 01 October 2018).

Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of the CTBT on “Continued importance and relevance of the CTBT for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons”, co-organized by Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands in cooperation with Kazakhstan, the United Nations and the CTBTO.

General Assembly adopts work programme, agenda for Seventy-Third Session, including items on responsibility to protect, situation in Ukraine at 3rd plenary meeting.

Afghanistan’s pre-election decisions will have far-reaching implications for peace process, senior official tells Security Council at 8354th meeting.

Fourth industrial revolution taken up in report of task force on financing for development, delegates say at Economic and Social Council, Second Committee joint meeting.