Legal

In a continuing effort to promote participation in the multilateral treaty framework of the United Nations, the Headquarters in New York will host the annual treaty event from 24 to 27 September.

The environment and its sustainability is in the spotlight at this year’s multilateral Treaty Event at the UN Headquarters from 19 to 22 September 2023, held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly high-level general debate.

On the sidelines of the seventy-eighth United Nations General Debate, 85 States and 1 international organization undertook a total of 102 actions at the annual Treaty Event which ended today.

Following is the statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The Security Council today re-appointed Serge Brammertz of Belgium as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term beginning on 1 July 2024 and ending on 30 June 2026.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Delegates today welcomed milestones reached by a United Nations war crime court in completing its judicial phase for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and called for renewed support for its duties related to accountability and justice, as the Security Council heard briefings from top officials of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), ahead of a resolution to renew its mandate later in June.

In the Security Council today, the International Criminal Court presented a road map to complete its investigations into crimes committed in Libya by the end of 2025, with some delegates expressing doubt about the timeline.

In South Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that more than an estimated 7 million people in the country are likely to experience high levels of food insecurity through July.