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Following the latest intercontinental ballistic missile test from the People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the top UN political affairs official told the Security Council that “tensions continue to increase” in the Korean Peninsula and “with no off ramps insight.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, on behalf of Albania, Australia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, India, Japan, Malta, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States, on DPRK ballistic missile launch.

General Assembly hears renewed appeals for substantive Security Council reform but speakers differ on representation, improved working methods.

General Assembly hears renewed appeals for substantive Security Council reform but speakers differ on representation, improved working methods.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, emphasized that while there is a lack of belief in the delivery of justice and the possibility of peace in Libya, it is not “mission impossible.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Permanent Representative of Mexico, on behalf of the Members of the Security Council, as well as incoming Members, that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC): Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, and Mexico; on the situation in Libya.

Speakers stress key role of technical support, nuclear safeguards, as General Assembly considers International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report, adopts related text.

Multilateralism, adapting to global challenges, less Security Council encroachment crucial in revitalizing General Assembly.

Addressing the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security today in New York, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “Despite decades of evidence that gender equality offers a path to sustainable peace and conflict prevention, we are moving in the opposite direction.” UNIFEED

At Security Council debate, delegates call for women’s inclusion in all peace processes, protection of human rights defenders.