Events
Implementing the Water Dimensions of the SDGs: Challenges, Traps, Opportunities
Growing consensus on how to address migration and refugee crises
The General Assembly considered the current migration and refugee crises at its meetings on 19 and 20 November. Member States agreed in the need for a comprehensive and global approach and supported the Secretary General’s initiative to hold a High-Level Summit on managing large-scale movements of migrants and refugees in September 2016. Aside from the urging humanitarian needs, many states emphasized the need to address the root causes of conflicts together with the importance of fully implementing the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development.
Security Council debate reaffirms strong linkage between peace, security and development
Hungary’s strong support to the Human Rights Council
Support for text based negotiations on Security Council is growing
Although Member States are still divided on how to move forward with Security Council reform, the majority of them consider the “improved framework document” prepared by the previous Chair as a good basis for text based negotiations and request the Chair to provide a detailed work program for the intergovernmental negotiations (IGN). However, some countries still think that, after more than 10 years, the situation is still not ripe for such a decisive step.