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

Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, ddresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

Comments to the media, in her national capacity by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and President of the Security Council for the month of August, on behalf of the United States, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia,

Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

In advance of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) under the auspices of ECOSOC and the SDG Summit, the joint ECOSOC-PBC meeting offers an opportunity for Member States to discuss the importance of the SDGs in linking peace and development on the ground.

Russian ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy called on the authorities of Germany, Denmark and Sweden to update the Council on the course of their investigation of the 26 September bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline. UNIFEED

Asked about the negotiations to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, said that he “can't say that the UN has not been undertaking efforts in the right direction, on the contrary”, but “there has been practically no result.” UNIFEED

A group of 46 countries said it was “deeply concerned over Russia’s announcement that it has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter” and protested “Russian efforts to limit and intimidate the media.” UNIFEED

On the margins of the United Nations 2023 Water conference an African Union (AU) official said, “the strategic importance” of water “places it in the frontline of national interest,” and can be “a veritable tool for both economic growth and stability.” UNIFEED