"DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO"

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit. UNICEF

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

Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, UNICEF estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War. This figure includes 13.7 million refugee and asylum-seeking children† and nearly 22.8 million children who are internally displaced due to conflict and violence. UNICEF

Security challenges threaten to derail democratic strides in Central African Region, briefers tell Security Council.

Significant progress being made in evidence collection of ISIL/Da’esh’s crimes in Iraq, investigating team head tells Security Council.

In presidential statement, Security Council welcomes positive developments In Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

The United Nations’ Assistant Secretary-General for Africa told the Security Council that “it is imperative” that the Council lends “its full weight to ongoing regional efforts to defuse the situation and bring an end to the M23 insurgency, once and for all.” UNIFEED