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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells a high-level gathering to facilitate the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) that "we're happy to be back working with you". She vowed to work towards US ratification of the treaty, which was signed by former US President Bill Clinton thirteen years ago today. UNTV / FILE

Queen Elizabeth II is expected to appeal for world unity and world peace when she addresses the 192-member United Nations (UN) General Assembly for the first time in more than half a century next week. She was 31 years old when she delivered her last speech at the UN on October 21 1957. UNTV

The General Assembly elected Viet Nam, Niger, Tunisia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Estonia as non-permanent members to the Security Council for a period of two years. UNIFEED

Five incoming non-permanent members of the Security Council – Vietnam, Estonia, Tunisia, Niger and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – participated in a flag ceremony marking the start of their two-year terms. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “at this time when global fault-lines risk exploding, we must return to fundamental principles; we must return to the framework that has kept us together; we must come home to the UN Charter.” UNIFEED

Addressing a Security Council debate on the contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home that in today’s world there is no such thing as a distant crisis.” UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly and Security Council elected five new members to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. UNIFEED

In its final briefing to the Security Council, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov urged Council members to “persevere in our efforts to prevent violent escalation and encourage leaders on both sides to takes steps toward enabling a return to negotiations, not a retrenchment of the conflict.” UNIFEED

Despite increases in the number of women at the highest levels of political power, widespread gender inequalities persist, according to the 2021 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. UNIFEED

A UN official said there is “a great deal of uncertainty and also a humanitarian crisis that is growing” as explosions and ash fall are expected to continue over the coming weeks, following the volcano eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. UNIFEED