"DECOLONIZATION"

A new UN report focused on reparatory justice for people of African descent urged States to show strong leadership and political will in tackling the lasting consequences of enslavement, the trade in enslaved Africans, and colonialism. OHCHR

The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 25-26 July 2023. The programme of the Management Segment meetings is structured around action that ECOSOC is expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health and related matters, including by recommendation of its subsidiary and related bodies.

General Assembly: 85th Plenary Meeting, 77th Session

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

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

Speaking at a press briefing, Rose Anne Archibald, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations said, “we're taking the microphone to amplify our priorities of decolonizing, decarbonizing and calling out the systems that undermine and harm Mother Earth and our mother tongue, and matriarchy.” UNIFEED

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 adopts 33 resolutions recommended by its Fourth Committee, including renewal of UNRWA mandate until 30 June 2026.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.