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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.

Adopting two resolutions, General Assembly reaffirms political declarations on urgent global responses to tuberculosis, non-communicable diseases at 18th plenary meeting.

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Speaking today at the United Nations in New York, Amal Clooney, human rights activist and lawyer, called on Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to free imprisoned Reuters journalists and said “history will judge her on her response.” UNIFEED

Speaking at a meeting of the Group of 77, UN chief Antonio Guterres said “we must continue to support developing countries in creating conditions for mobilizing domestic resources” and urged the international community to “to fight illicit flows of capital, money laundering and tax evasion, which continue to drain vital resources from the developing world.” UNIFEED

At a side event of the 73rd General Debate at the United Nations in New York Tuesday (25 Sep) Thailand and Tuvalu made advances towards a world free of nuclear weapons. Thailand registered their ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and Tuvalu signed it. CTBTO

Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, addresses the general debate at the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 01 October 2018).

World leaders arrived today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to take part in the 73rd annual General Assembly’s General Debate. UNIFEED

Nelson Mandela Peace Summit Unanimously Adopts Declaration, Resolving to ‘Move Beyond Words’, Redouble Efforts towards Peaceful, Prosperous, Fair World at the General Assembly Seventy-third session, 5th plenary meeting to be known as the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.

Nelson Mandela Peace Summit Unanimously Adopts Declaration, Resolving to ‘Move Beyond Words’, Redouble Efforts towards Peaceful, Prosperous, Fair World at the General Assembly Seventy-third session, 5th plenary meeting to be known as the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.