"MAURITIUS"

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement in global health. With this announcement, Cabo Verde joins the ranks of 43 countries and 1 territory that WHO has awarded this certification. WHO

Adoption of the reports of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee).

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister, Minister for Defense, Home Affairs, and External Communications, Minister for Rodrigues, Outer Islands, and Territorial Integrity of the Republic of Mauritius, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

General Assembly: 99th Plenary Meeting, 77th session.

General Assembly: 99th Plenary Meeting, 77th session.

Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year. All of these deaths are entirely preventable. People exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are at risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancers. WHO

General Assembly adopts $3.4 billion programme budget for 2023, approves permanent shift to annual cycle, concluding main part of Seventy-Seventh Session.

General Assembly takes Up Second Committee reports, adopting 38 resolutions, 2 decisions.

General Assembly adopts draft resolution on sustainable fisheries, underscoring threats of sea-level rise, loss of marine biodiversity, marine debris.