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For the first time in the history of the International Labour Organization (ILO), an International Labour Convention on the worst forms of child labour has been ratified by all Member States. ILO

Announcing the launch of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, his Special Adviser on Climate, Selwin Hart, said “young people understand, more than any other group, the threat that climate change poses to their present and their future.” UNIFEED

The world has lost 178 million hectares of forest since 1990, according to a forestry assessment launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization in an innovative and easy-to-use digital format. FAO

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

Opening the 44th session of the Human Rights Council today in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet compared COVID-19 to “a heat-seeking device that exposes, and is fuelled by, systemic failures to uphold human rights”, and called for “strong, transformative measures to heighten the powerful protections that human rights based-policies can provide.” UNTV CH

Reporting “more than 183,000” new daily cases of COVID-19, the most in a single day so far, WHO’S Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said "almost every day we reach a new and grim record. WHO

The General Assembly elects Kenya as a member of the Security Council for a 2-year term beginning on 1 January 2021. Kenya joins India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway as newly elected members of the Council.

Kenya was elected as a member of the Security Council for a two-year term, following a second round of ballots at the General Assembly to determine the remaining seat for the Africa-Asia and the Pacific group. UNIFEED

Having obtained two-thirds majority of the members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway are elected members of the Security Council for a 2-year term beginning on 1 January 2021. There still remains one seat to be filled among the African and Asia-Pacific States. The General Assembly will hold the first restricted ballot on Thursday, 18 June from 9:00 am in the General Assembly Hall.

The General Assembly holds elections for: 1) President of the General Assembly, 2) Non-permanent Members of the Security Council, 3) Members of the Economic and Social Council, by secret ballot without a plenary meeting.