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The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), opened today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. UNEP

Luis Lacalle Pou, President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, addresses 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

During the SDG Summit in New York, representatives of the youth, politicians and leaders of international organizations debated what will it take to keep the promise of the 2030 Agenda. UNIFEED

UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gary Conille, warned today about “a stark and alarming reality”, with children “migrating within Latin America and the Caribbean at an unprecedented rate, constituting a larger share of the migrant population than any other region worldwide.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, announced the winners of the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2023. UNIFEED

Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council - Item 116 (a)

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.