"BURKINA FASO"

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned ahead of World Food Day. WFP

General Assembly elects 18 member States to Human Rights Council, authorizes dates of conference for establishing nuclear‑weapon‑free zone in Middle East.

Delegates urge swift, permanent end to existing atomic bombs, as General Assembly marks International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Delegates urge swift, permanent end to existing atomic bombs, as General Assembly marks International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Faso and President of the Council of Ministers of Burkina Faso, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

General Assembly proclaims World Wetlands Day, World Cotton Day, expresses solidarity with Haiti, as it adopts 3 resolutions.

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General.

India calls for adoption of convention on terrorism, as Security Council considers fears that fighters will return to Afghanistan, surge in Africa.

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

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern over dire situation in West Africa, Sahel, Gulf of Guinea.