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Adopting two resolutions, General Assembly endorses political declaration on renewing efforts to realize 2030 Agenda, recognizes observance at 15th plenary meeting.

Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture told reporters that he visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison in London on 9 May with two medical experts and have concluded that Assange “has been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Ann Christin Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, addresses the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 – 30 September 2019).

Secretary-General deplores reversals in disarmament efforts, as General Assembly commemorates International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Secretary-General deplores reversals in disarmament efforts, as General Assembly commemorates International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Sixteen child petitioners – including Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Villaseñor – from 12 countries around the world today presented a landmark official complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to protest lack of government action on the climate crisis. UNICEF

Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India; Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment, Sweden; Premal Desai, Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp; and Dominic Waughray, Managing Director, World Economic Forum brief press on climate action.

Wreath-Laying Ceremony, 58th Anniversary of the Death of Dag Hammarskjold.