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Successful elections, new peace pact in Mali foster hope for stability despite spread of extremism across Sahel, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council at 8376th meeting.

Grave situation in Gaza demands decisive action, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process tells Security Council, urging end of occupation at 8375th meeting.

Grave situation in Gaza demands decisive action, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process tells Security Council, urging end of occupation at 8375th meeting.

Special Envoy on Syrian conflict, in Security Council briefing, announces resignation, vowing to pursue political solution ‘until the last hour’ at 8373rd meeting.

Informal comments to the media by Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, on the situation in the Middle East on behalf of Karel van Oosterom, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands; François Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations; Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations; Joanna Wronecka, Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations; Jürgen Schulz, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations; Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations; Mariangela Zappia, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations.

Dialogue between ATD Fourth World delegates with a direct experience of poverty, Ambassadors (Permanent Representatives of France and Burkina Faso to the UN) and UN officials (President of ECOSOC, UN agencies representatives). Moderator: Craig Mokhiber, Director, New York Office, OHCHR.

The world’s population is set to grow by 2.2 billion between now and 2050, the UN said today, and 1.3 billion are likely to come from sub-Saharan Africa, where women’s rights are hampered by limited access to healthcare and education, along with “entrenched gender discrimination.” UNTV CH

States must transform natural resources from driver of conflict into development tool to foster peace, cooperation, Secretary-General tells Security Council at 8372nd meeting.

Outstanding issues must be resolved before Democratic Republic of Congo elections, speakers tell Security Council at 8370th meeting.

With Democratic Republic of Congo at ‘pivotal moment’, Security Council co-chairs outline mission visit, saying peaceful handover of power possible at 8369th meeting.