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Sixty-fourth General Assembly
Sixth Committee
20th & 21st Meetings* (AM & PM)

President of International Court of Justice Says Its Work Indicates Emerging Notion of World as 'Community of Human Individuals'

As consideration of the International Law Commission's report continued in the Sixth Committee (Legal) today, the Committee also heard an address from the President of the International Court of Justice, which was followed by an interactive dialogue with Committee members.

Back in 2006, a staff member at the U.N. World Food Programme's London office received a rather unusual text message on their mobile phone. "My name is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab," it read. "Dear Sir, there is an alarming issue here. People are given too few kilogrammes of food. You must help."

WFP called Mohammed back and found out more about his story. Since fleeing his home town of Bardere in Somalia in the early 1990s, he'd lived in a refugee camp in an arid part of northeast

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's address to the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Dinner in New York, 12 September:

It is a pleasure to join you. I am honoured to address this important gathering of philanthropists, humanitarians, and friends.

First, let me join others in congratulating Tostan and its Executive Director, Ms. Molly Melching, as the recipients of this year's Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

Ms. Melching, in celebrating your achievements, and those of the thousands of people who work with Tostan, we are celebrating