Pledging Support for Volcano-Ravaged Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, General Assembly Also Adopts First-Ever Draft on Global Drowning Prevention, Four Other Texts
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Speakers Discuss Impact of Rapid Technological Change on Sustainable Development
The General Assembly, adopting four resolutions and one decision this morning, pledged its support for all those affected by a series of devastating recent volcano eruptions on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, designated two annual observance days one to advocate for more women judges and another to spur global action to prevent drowning while also holding a debate on the impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development.
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France, Cyber Operations and Sovereignty: The ‘Purist’ Approach to Sovereignty and Contradictory State Practice
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at an event in 2017. (Jaques Pacquier, https://flic.kr/p/2frCTie; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
In the context of cyber operations, there is a debate between those who consider sovereignty to be an underlying principle of international law from which other primary rules emanate, and those who consider it to be a primary rule of customary international law that can be violated by cyber operations resulting in an internationally wrongful act. The application of rights inherent in sovereignty are particularly important in the cyber domain because the vast majority of cyber operations occur below the threshold of a prohibited use of force. The nonbinding 2013 and 2015 reports of the U.N. Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of Inter
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Approving $3.21Â Billion Budget, General Assembly Adopts 25Â Resolutions, Decisions from its Main Committees, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
Concluding the main part of its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly approved $3.21 billion for 2021 and adopted 22 resolutions and 3 decisions recommended by its Main Committees.
Adopting a range of drafts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly approved resources for 2021, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years, by a recorded vote of 168 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States) and no abstentions. The 2021 budget was greater than the $2.99 billion budget proposal unveiled by Secretary-General António Guterres in mid-October. Up slightly from last year s $3.07 billion appropriation, the 2021 budget keeps the Organization s doors open and its staff working amid a global pandemic
By 151 Votes in Favour to 2 Against, with 1 Abstention, Fifth Committee Approves $3.21 Billion Budget for 2021, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
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United States Speaker Says Funds Would Support Event Perpetuating Anti-Semitism, Delegates also Argue Over Outlays for Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventy-fifth session on Wednesday by approving resources of $3.21 billion for the 2021 regular budget, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years. After the United States representative s request for a recorded vote, the budget was approved with 151 delegates voting in favour, the United States and Israel voting against, and one abstention by Sudan.