Security Council, 10246th meeting. Agenda item taken up: “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (S/2026/800).”. 16 speakers were heard, representing 16 delegations.
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Denmark condemned in the strongest terms the horrific sexual violence inflicted on women and girls in Haiti, and called for urgent scaling up of humanitarian aid and funding for Haiti's Humanitarian Response Plan.▶ 1:07:24
Colombia rejected the attacks suffered the previous day by the gang suppression force and expressed full solidarity with El Salvador, whose troops were affected by the incident.▶ 1:50:28
Second Committee, 18th meeting of the 81st session. Agenda items taken up: “Opening statements”; “Panel discussions”; “Interactive discussions”; and 1 more. 22 speakers were heard, representing 21 delegations.
Partly attributed: 44% of speech unattributed
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Cuba said that the United States blockade was severely limiting Cuba's efforts on food systems, women's empowerment and digital transformation, impeding access to financing, agricultural inputs, essential technologies and fuel imports.▶ 2:16:50
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European Union, on behalf of European Union and its member states, stated that the EU and its member states remain the primary donor, providing almost half of the global community's total ODA, but that, as confirmed in Sevilla last year, more practical and innovative financing solutions are needed to close the gap.
Fifth Committee, 7th meeting of the 81st session. Agenda items taken up: item 140, “Improving the financial situation of the United Nations”; “A/81/415”; “General discussion”; and 6 more. 10 speakers were heard, representing 9 delegations.
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Uruguay, on behalf of group of seventy-seven in China, rejected the unilateral and persistent withholding of contributions as a means of exerting pressure on the organization.▶ 3:27
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Singapore, on behalf of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, noted that the organization's financial outlook had improved, with regular budget collections at their highest level at this point in the year in the last eight years and the year end collection forecast revised upwards to 95.6%, while liquidity remained fragile, particularly for peacekeeping operations.
Sixth Committee, 19th meeting of the 81st session. Agenda items taken up: “Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts - Item 81 (A/81/290)”; “Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of la Francophonie in the General Assembly - Item 178 (A/81/191)”; “Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-ninth session - Item 76 (A/81/17)”. 28 speakers were heard, representing 27 delegations. The right of reply was exercised once.
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Islamic Republic of Iran stated that the United States and the Israeli regime, in what it called blatant aggression against its country, deliberately attacked Iranian civilians and civilian objects, including the Shahjarata Tayyib Elementary School in Minab on 28 February 2026, killing 168 school children and teachers.
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Greece condemned the ambush against the Salvadorian forces of the gang suppression force, expressed solidarity with El Salvador, and condemned all gang incidents including kidnappings, sexual and gender based violence, and the recruitment and use of children.▶ 2:02:00
Dominican Republic regretted the ambush yesterday involving Salvadoran personnel serving with the force, hoped that those who remain missing could be found safe and sound, and expressed solidarity with El Salvador.▶ 2:26:14
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United States stated that 2,000 troops are on the ground with 3,500 slated for the coming months, that they are clearing barricades and seizing weapons, and that repeating past UN approaches would fail, though there is no guarantee the new force will work.▶ 52:34
Panama expressed concern at the ambush suffered yesterday by the Salvadoran contingent in Haiti, said the incident confirmed the risk of gang violence if uncontrolled, and hoped the contingent members, whose whereabouts were still unknown, could be located and rescued soon.▶ 59:23
Liberia, on behalf of A3, condemned in the strongest terms the ambush against Salvadorian personnel serving with the gang suppression force on 18th October, called for every effort to secure the safe recovery of those unaccounted for, and said those responsible must be held accountable.▶ 1:35:48
Security Council, 10247th meeting. Agenda item taken up: “Children and armed conflict - Security Council, 10247th meeting”. 9 speakers were heard, representing 9 delegations. The Chair announced: “The result of the voting is as follows The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor.”
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The Chair announced: “The result of the voting is as follows The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor.”▶ 30:28
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Somalia regretted that the penholder did not sufficiently accommodate its concerns in the final text, and placed on record concerns on implementation: national ownership, resources and capacity for conflict-affected and developing countries, and risks in collecting and sharing sensitive digital information on children.▶ 34:35
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Greece introduced draft resolution S 2026-8-815 on children and armed conflict, which highlights the impact of digital technologies on violations and abuses against children in armed conflict and the role of technology in preventing them.▶ 23:37
Russian Federation stated that the Council's mandate on children and armed conflict remains unchanged, that work on the Greek draft showed digital technologies had not produced new categories of grave violations, and that the resolution establishes no separate category of violations and does not address verification issues.▶ 31:03
Liberia said Liberia co-sponsored and voted in favor of the resolution because children affected by armed conflict need meaningful progress now.▶ 47:07
Palau, on behalf of Alliance of Small Island States, stated that the challenge for small island developing states is not simply the availability of finance but the increasingly difficult conditions under which they access it, citing repeated external shocks, mounting debt burdens and high borrowing costs that erode fiscal space.▶ 1:03:06
Fiji, on behalf of Pacific Small Island Developing States, stated that Pacific states receive a small fraction of the finance notionally available to them because of the cost of access, and asked that the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index be applied in practice in concessional eligibility and that promised simplified and direct access procedures be delivered, not studied.▶ 1:05:57
Cuba stated that it subscribed to the declaration delivered by Uruguay on behalf of the G 77 and China.▶ 21:21
Guyana expressed concern over the organization's persistent liquidity constraints and their far reaching implications for the effective implementation of its mandates.▶ 27:10
Islamic Republic of Iran rejected what it called baseless statements against its country, stating that its defensive responses complied with international law, and that certain countries in the region that placed territory, airspace and facilities at the aggressors' disposal committed an act of aggression under resolution 3314.▶ 3:17:24
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Georgia stated that the Russian Federation, as an occupying power in Georgia's Abkhazian and Skinwali regions, was systematically violating IHL obligations, that so-called treaties with those regions were null and void, and that Georgia remained committed to peaceful resolution of the conflict.▶ 34:18
Tunisia condemned what it called grave violations to which the Palestinian people are subjected in the occupied Palestinian territory, including starvation and targeting of civilians, destruction of civilian infrastructure, forced displacement and blockade.▶ 40:45
Syrian Arab Republic highlighted the Independent International Commission of Inquiry's documentation of what it called mounting Israeli violations in southern Syria, which it said violate the Geneva Conventions and IHL and may amount to war crimes.▶ 1:13:17
Kuwait condemned what it called heinous Iranian aggression against Kuwait, the states of the GCC and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, including attacks on water desalination plants, Kuwait International Airport and other civilian facilities.▶ 1:41:51
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Russian Federation stated that the Russian Federation was committed to strict compliance with its obligations under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their two additional protocols of 1977, which remained fully relevant, and that there was a need to further universalize them.▶ 1:03:46
Timor-Leste reaffirmed its commitment to international humanitarian law, including adherence to and respect for the three additional protocols to the Geneva Convention of 1949, to which its country is a state party.▶ 2:28:23
Bahrain, on behalf of Gulf Cooperation Council, strongly condemned what it called wanton and repeated Iranian attacks against the GCC countries, which it said targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure in violation of IHL, and called for their immediate cessation and for perpetrators to be held responsible and accountable.▶ 2:54:03
Sixth Committee, 20th meeting of the 81st session. Agenda items taken up: “Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-ninth session - Item 76 (A/81/17)”; “Administration of justice at the United Nations - Item 150 (A/81/176, A/81/292, A/81/161)”. 28 speakers were heard, representing 27 delegations.
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Algeria regretted that the Commission could not decide on the location of the headquarters of the Advisory Center on international investment dispute resolution, and underscored that the decision must be taken by consensus and guided by objective criteria.▶ 2:37:06
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Cameroon, on behalf of African Group, welcomed the progress achieved at the 59th session of the Commission, including on reform of investor-state dispute settlement under Working Group 3, digital trade, warehouse receipts and cross border insolvency.▶ 1:01:34
Cuba, on behalf of a group of like-minded countries, underscored that no agreement or understanding was ever reached on voting rights of organizations that would allow them additional or separate voting rights, and that omitting the usual provision from the statute should not be considered as setting a precedent for the future.▶ 1:19:55
Finland, on behalf of Nordic countries, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, reiterated support for the Commission's vital role in furthering rules-based cooperation in an economically interdependent world, and congratulated it on six decades of work as UNCITRAL marks its 60th anniversary.▶ 1:24:09