"TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL"

The UN General Assembly and Security Council elected five new members to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. UNIFEED

During an Arria-formula meeting on children’s right in Syria, the Chairperson of Independent Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the country said, “History is repeating itself, and the children of Syria are suffering while Member States fail to do what is within their power; stopping the carnage.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In laying his priorities for the year ahead, UN chief António Guterres identified “four horsemen” which endanger progress in the 21st century and could “jeopardize every aspect of our shared future.” UNIFEED

In a message on behalf of the Secretary-General, UN Chef de Cabinet Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti said resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one of the most intractable challenges facing the international community. UNIFEED

Speaking at the opening of the 2019 pledging conference for UNRWA, officially the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Chief António Guterres said, “given what is at stake at the human level, at the political and security level, and at the multilateral level, we must rise to the challenge and empower UNRWA to continue its important and impressive work.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A new tech report, “the Age of Digital Interdependence,” was released by the UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, almost a year after the Panel was launched by Secretary-General António Guterres. UNIFEED

During a ceremony held on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York to remember UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “today we mourn, but we should also be proud, for the colleagues we remember today died in the service of humanity.” UNIFEED

Addressing a Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said there was “no time to lose” to live up to the commitments established in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by “combatting poverty and inequality.” UNIFEED