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A move by Italian lawmakers to impose fines of up to one million Euros on vessels and organizations carrying out search and rescue operations off the country’s coastline sparked a new warning on Tuesday from the UN that the measure risks deterring future lifesaving efforts in the Mediterranean Sea. UNTV CH

Much more must be done to ensure full protection for abducted, detained youngsters, delegates tell Security Council, in day-long debate on children and armed conflict at 8591st meeting.

Much more must be done to ensure full protection for abducted, detained youngsters, delegates tell Security Council, in day-long debate on children and armed conflict at 8591st meeting.

Much more must be done to ensure full protection for abducted, detained youngsters, delegates tell Security Council, in day-long debate on children and armed conflict at 8591st meeting.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General, José Graziano da Silva handed over the helm to Director-General-Elect Qu Dongyu at a ceremony held at the UN agency’s headquarters in Rome. FAO

Quid is a woman-led, eco-fashion social enterprise in Verona, Italy, that addresses climate change while responding to gender inequality by providing jobs for struggling women.

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

The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR called on Italy to “reconsider” its hard-line policy on migrants rescued on the Mediterranean Sea. “Saving lives should not be criminalized,” agency’s spokesperson Charlie Yaxley said on Tuesday in Geneva. UNTV CH

General Assembly extends Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support’s term of office, agrees on format for International Migration Review Forums at 100th plenary meeting.

Cutting off access to funds, bolstering criminal justice responses key to severing terrorism-organized crime link, experts tell Security Council at 8569th meeting.