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At the G77 plus China summit at COP28, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced the creation of a panel focused on principles for extracting minerals that are “critical for the clean energy revolution.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 78th Session of the General Assembly.

The UN General Assembly voted by a large margin against the United States' economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. UNIFEED

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba - Item 38.

Continuation of the debate on the International Criminal Court followed by the continuation of the debate on the Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 78th Session of the General Assembly.

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, told journalists that her country is facing “a real challenge” as “around three thousand people a day” are crossing the Darien Gap and heading north towards Mexico and the United States. UNIFEED

The President of Honduras, Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento, said, “It is impossible to understand the magnitude of the tragedy the majority of the Honduran people suffer and the constant caravans of emigrants that arrive to the United States if we ignore the 13 years of dictatorship supported by the international community, that multiplied the public debt six times and reached the highest poverty rate in the history of Honduras, 74 per cent.” UNIFEED

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).