"AFGHANISTAN"

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

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

Christoph Heusgen, Security Council President for the month of July and Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, holds a virtual media stakeout on the Arria Formula meeting on Women and the Afghan Peace Process, the situation in Mali & the DPRK sanctions regime.

An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously undernourished – in 2020 as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned today. UNICEF

A new UN report released today said that, "even though there has been a drop in civilian casualties in Afghanistan, it remains one of the deadliest conflicts in the world for civilians." UNIFEED

A huge increase in the number of people facing starvation because of the COVID-19 crisis is only one of the many problems UN humanitarians are concerned about because of the pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday. UNTV CH

Integrating human rights into peace operations brings missions closer to people, advances inclusive development, High Commissioner tells Security Council.

Afghanistan has endured more than 40 years of conflict which have left 4.6 million people displaced today. UNHCR said it was working with the World Bank, other development and humanitarian partners, and neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran to provide support for refugees, host communities, and the millions of people inside Afghanistan. UNHCR

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

Non-proliferation agreement remains best way to ensure ‘exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme’, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council.