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Follow-up to Inquiries-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  

Consideration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (continued)

Consideration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent expert on torture, Dr. Alice Edwards called on British authorities to consider Mr. Assange's appeal based on the substantial fears that, if extradited, he would be at risk of treatment amounting to torture or other forms of ill-treatment or punishment. Note: These rights experts work on a voluntary basis and are independent of any government or organization. They serve in their individual capacity, are not UN staff and do not receive payment for their work.

CONTINUED - Presentation of reports of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, followed by an interactive discussion

Presentation of reports of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, followed by an interactive discussion

Oliver Dowden, Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Joint statement delivered by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on the DPRK.

Follow-up to inquiries - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (States Parties) and Informal meeting with States parties to the Convention

Media stakeout by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, on Ukraine.

Comments to the media by Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, United Kingdom Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence and Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth & Development Affairs of United Kingdom; , Naw Hser Hser, Civil society representative; and Nadine, Survivor champion ; on Conflict-related sexual violence.

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is also known as the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C-24. The 2023 resumed session will meet in New York from 12 to 23 June.