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Presenting his report on children and armed conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the Security Council and all countries to “strongly support the protection of children in all ways at all times,” and stressed that there is “no place for children in conflict, and we must not allow conflict to trample on the rights of children.” UNIFEED

International community must not allow armed conflict to trample on children’s rights, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

The United Nations, Project Everyone and 72 Films today announced the upcoming release of “Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times,” a first of its kind film to be broadcast globally. UNIFEED

General Assembly Seventy-second session: Informal meeting on the occasion of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day.

At an event convened to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary, Secretary-General António Guterres said the South African civil rights leader “stands today as a beacon for universal values, peace, forgiveness, humility, integrity, passion, respect and service.” UNIFEED

Sunday, 25 September marks one year after the adoption of the far reaching Sustainable Development Goals, the Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, David Nabarro, said “governments all over the world are seeing this for what it is, which is a plan for the future of the world’s people and the planet.” UNIFEED / RECENT / FILE

Ban urges ramped up support to meet Peacebuilding Fund’s financial challenges.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community “to commit to halving the number of internally displaced people by 2030.” UNIFEED-UNTV

Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), with Forest Whitaker, American Actor, Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, UNESCO (UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, as well as SDGs Advocate, briefs journalists on the General Assembly High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The UN General Assembly held a High Level meeting on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking on behalf of Ban Ki-moon, the Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said, “we are accountable to children and grandchildren all around the world. Failure is simply no option.” UNIFEED-UNTV