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First Committee Emphasizes Need to Reach Non-nuclear Consensus, Temper Related Rhetoric, Condemns Violent Civilian Attacks in Ukraine
Speakers lamented the failure to reach consensus on non-nuclear proliferation and small arms treaties as well as the uptick in related rhetoric, also condemning the continuous brutal attacks on civilian architecture in Ukraine, as the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) continued its general debate today. Underscoring the cornerstone status of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, on…
United Nations — meetings coverage and press releases, 8 October 2026, 19:18 — read at the source
Fourth Committee Listens to Last Petitioners, Opens Debate on Decolonization
Do not reduce Western Sahara to a border dispute, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today from some petitioners, while others stressed the need to begin negotiations based on Morocco’s autonomy plan.
United Nations — meetings coverage and press releases, 8 October 2026, 23:28 — read at the source
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Update
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic reports it has handed over to the Government a national criminal database for the Internal Security Forces and a coordination mechanism for security reform, both aimed at strengthening national security institutions and the rule of law.
United Nations — meetings coverage and press releases, 8 October 2026, 19:03 — read at the source
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