Friday, 18 June marks one year since the 15-member Council unanimously adopted resolution 1820 (2008), which noted that, “rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide.” FILE
Argentina’s foreign minister Jorge Taiana tells a UN meeting on decolonization that full Argentine sovereignty over the Falklands (Malvinas) and surrounding maritime areas responds to “a collective yearn, permanent and un-relinquishable, of the people of the Argentine nation.” UNTV
In its latest forecast, the World Bank has raised its economic growth forecasts for China but says it’s too early to say a robust sustained recovery is on the way. WORLD BANK
Briefing the Security Council for his last time as the head of the UN mission in Iraq (UNAMI), Staffan de Mistura says the mission has “contributed to Iraq assuming a new standing among the world community as an increasingly stable and sovereign nation.” UNTV
UNICEF’s Mine Risk Education programme aims to teach nearly 50-thousand young people in the Gori region about the risks mines in war-affected areas. UNICEF