"CIVIL SERVICE"

General Assembly elects judges to United Nations appeals, dispute tribunals, also fills vacancies in eight of Its subsidiary bodies.

General Assembly elects judges to United Nations appeals, dispute tribunals, also fills vacancies in eight of Its subsidiary bodies.

Threat of fresh violence looms in Yemen without new truce, Secretary-General’s Special Envoy tells Security Council.

With the 2 October deadline for another extension of the peace truce in Yemen quickly approaching, the UN Secretary-General strongly urged the parties not only to renew but also to expand the truce’s terms and duration, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

At least 25 United Nations staff members and associated personnel were killed in deliberate attacks during 2021, according to the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the United Nations Staff Union. UNIFEED

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Deborah Lyons told the Security Council, “our tension now must turn to the vastly greater number of Afghans who remain in the country, but face in the short term the most dire future,” adding that “we are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe that is preventable.” UNIFEED

Abandoning Afghanistan now, amid humanitarian crisis, would be ‘historic mistake’, Special Representative tells Security Council.