"SECURITY COUNCIL"

Virtual Press Conference by Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan on the situation in the country.

Former Afghan women politicians asked the international community on Thursday to pressure the Taliban “to put their words in action” and fulfill their promises made in 2019 in Qatar including girls’ education and women’s rights. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Raychelle Awuor Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, and Security Council President for the month of October, in her national capacity on Women and peace and security: Investing in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, following the Security Council, 8886th meeting.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Press briefing by Christine Schraner Burgener, Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Myanmar, on the situation in Myanmar.

Uptick in military coups, armaments race rapidly setting back clock on women’s rights, Secretary-General warns Security Council, at start of day-long debate.

Four Afghan women leaders (Fawzia Koofi, former Republic Peace Negotiator and first woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Naheed Fareed, former Afghan Parliamentarian and Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Human Rights, Civil Society and Women Affairs; Asila Wardak, former diplomat; Anisa Shaheed, journalist) speak to the media ahead of the event untitled "A New Chapter in Afghanistan: Ensuring International Cooperation in Support of Afghan Women Girls" co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of the Un

Addressing the Security Council annual debate on women, peace and security Secretary-General António Guterres said, “today, women’s leadership is a cause, tomorrow, it must be the norm,” stressing that “we can no longer exclude one half of humanity from international peace and security.” UNIFEED

Uptick in military coups, armaments race rapidly setting back clock on women’s rights, Secretary-General warns Security Council, at start of day-long debate.

Caitlin Williscroft, a specialist who works for UN Women on the Women, Peace and Security Programme in the Afghanistan Country Office, is joined by Nahid Fareed, Parliamentarian, Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Human Rights, Civil Society and Women Affairs, as well as Mariam Safi, Executive Director of the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS), to brief reporters in the context of the anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 and the open debate on Women, Peace and Security.