Troubled by the ongoing liquidity crisis impeding the United Nations ability to deliver on its mandates, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today emphasized that Member States’ timely payment of assessed contributions to the regular and peacekeeping budgets is crucial. Speaking for the Group of 77 and China, Uruguay’s representative said the Group […]

The Security Council today called for stronger measures to protect children affected by armed conflict from violations and abuses facilitated by digital technologies, while promoting their safe use for education and child protection. Unanimously adopting resolution 2832 (2026) (to be issued as document S/RES/2832 (2026)), the Council condemned all violations of applicable international law involving […]

As the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) today highlighted how its work contributes to establishing legal certainty in the realm of international trade and investment. The Commission’s work is of “direct and enduring importance”, stressed its Chair Michael Imran Kanu (Sierra Leone), […]

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved over 20 draft resolutions and 1 decision, many of them recommendations from the Special Committee on Decolonization, even as the representative of the United States called for ending that body’s mandate and described some of its activities as a waste of resources. Among the texts approved […]