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Economic and Social Council nominates experts, fills multiple vacancies for 16 subsidiary bodies.

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, according to a new UNICEF report released today. UNICEF

Minsk accords have been in ‘intensive care’, Secretary-General notes, as General Assembly discusses Eastern Ukraine developments.

Minsk accords have been in ‘intensive care’, Secretary-General notes, as General Assembly discusses Eastern Ukraine developments.

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

Security Council delegates call for increasing number of women in United Nations Police, as peacekeeping chief outlines priorities.

George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the drawdown of UN peacekeeping missions is “a moment of heightened risk,” but stressed that “their missions are never intended to be permanent." UNIFEED

In post-conflict states, engagement with local actors must continue through transition period and beyond, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

The Chair of the Elders, Mary Robinson, told the Security Council that “women’s rights are not Western rights, they are fundamental human rights,” stressing that “we cannot allow the women and girls of Afghanistan to be deprived of these rights, including the right to leave the country.” UNIFEED