"MALALA YOUSAFZAI"

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

Marking the tenth anniversary of Malala Yousafzai’s iconic speech at the United Nations, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed joined the girl’s education advocate at a special event at the UN House in Nigeria. UNIC NIGERIA

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

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director-General, said that two-thirds of the 771 million adults worldwide who lack basic literacy skills are women. UNIFEED

Addressing Leaders Day at the Transforming Education Summit taking place at UN Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “instead of being the great enabler, education is fast becoming a great divider,” and called for a “new vision for education in the 21st century.” UNIFEED

UN chief says education transformation needed for ‘inclusive, just and peaceful world’.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said, “I was targeted for speaking out for girls education, and it proved to me that the Taliban was scared of the voice of women and girls. They did not want to hear women and girls speak out for equality, and they did not want to see women being educated.” UNIFEED

In Afghanistan, “there is an immediate and pressing need to deliver, on a huge scale, essential humanitarian aid in areas such as health, food security, non-food items, and sanitation,” the top UN official in the country said on Thursday. UNIFEED

Security Council stresses need for strategic planning in reconfiguration of peace operations, unanimously adopting resolution 2594 (2021). Millions of lives will depend on how Afghanistan’s new interim government chooses to govern, Special Representative tells Security Council.