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General Assembly welcomes International Court of Justice opinion on Chagos Archipelago and adopts text calling for Mauritius’ complete decolonization at 84th plenary.

General Assembly welcomes International Court of Justice opinion on Chagos Archipelago and adopts text calling for Mauritius’ complete decolonization at 83rd plenary.

Speakers highlight efforts in Sahel and partnerships with regional organizations, as General Assembly considers annual reports of Peacebuilding Commission and Fund at 81st plenary.

Speakers highlight efforts in Sahel and partnerships with regional organizations, as General Assembly considers annual reports of Peacebuilding Commission and Fund at 82nd plenary.

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

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

The Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, expressed alarm at “the strikingly high number of human rights defenders being killed, harassed and threatened in Colombia, and by the fact that this terrible trend seems to be worsening.” UNTV CH

“Plastic pollution has very quickly and very urgently become one of the defining issues of our times,” said the GA President Maria Espinosa, announcing a musical festival starring Grammy Winner Ashanti. The festival will also see musicians and artists from around the world come together with policy leaders, innovators, and celebrity guests, to help ‘ring the closing bell’ on plastic use. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Without increased support, the health, education and well-being of at least 327,000 children from Venezuela living as migrants and refugees in Colombia will be in jeopardy, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. UNICEF