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No atonement without repair, keynote speaker tells General Assembly event commemorating victims of slavery, amid growing calls for reparations.

No atonement without repair, keynote speaker tells General Assembly event commemorating victims of slavery, amid growing calls for reparations.

Speakers stress need to dismantle systemic racism worldwide, as General Assembly marks International Day for Elimination of Discrimination.

Women’s economic empowerment would yield huge dividends for peacebuilding efforts, speakers tell Security Council, urging greater action to end gender barriers.

Women’s economic empowerment would yield huge dividends for peacebuilding efforts, speakers tell Security Council, urging greater action to end gender barriers.

Security Council delegates urge Israel to end evictions of Palestinians, as chief mediator calls for political leadership, ‘firm’ actions that enable dialogue.

The United Nation’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that without a “realistic prospect” of an end to Israeli occupation and the realization of a two-State solution, “it is only a matter of time before we face an irreversible, dangerous collapse and widespread instability.” UNIFEED

Without prospect of end to occupation, Middle East region faces irreversible, dangerous collapse, Special Coordinator tells Security Council.

Without prospect of end to occupation, Middle East region faces irreversible, dangerous collapse, Special Coordinator tells Security Council.