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Author: Denise Kling

U.N. General Assembly President Sets Her Sights on Plastic Pollution

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, singled it out as a key environmental concern she wants the body to address during her tenure, which began in September. She worked with several countries on launching a campaign in December to raise awareness and encourage phasing out single-use plastics, and has initiated a phase-out of such products at U.N. headquarters. Espinosa spoke with Scientific American in her office about the growing awareness of plastic pollution and the role she sees the U.N. playing in tackling it.

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75th Anniversary of the United Nations

Letter dated 9 May 2019 from the co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental consultations on the date and modalities related to the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the UN

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Security Council Reform

Letter dated 7 May 2019 from the Co-Chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform (IGN) enclosing the document ‘Revised Elements of Commonality and Issues for Further Consideration’

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