"CULTURE"

The second Permanent Forum on People of African Descent started Tuesday in New York. The theme of the session is "Realizing the dream: A United Nations Declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent". UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Living Together in Peace, Ambassadors from Timor Leste and Sierra Leone discussed their countries recent experiences. UNIFEED

Briefing Council members by videoconference, the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, noted that the humanitarian operating environment in Ukraine remains complex and dangerous. UNIFEED / FILE

Like many countries across the African continent, South Sudan has a larger population of women than men. However, civil war, unceasing conflict and cultural barriers have combined, to ensure that women continue to be under-represented in public life. UNMISS

Following a visit to Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia, Alfonso Herrera, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called for more support for the millions of people who have been affected by the war. UNHCR

After receiving the Carlos V European Award, Secretary-General António Guterres urged “to heal division, prevent escalation and listen to grievances,” and said, “Instead of bullets, we need diplomatic arsenals.” COURTESY CANAL EXTREMADURA

Speaking at the opening of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the region in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call to all the armed groups to lay down their arms “immediately and rejoin the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process.” UNIFEED

The Chief of Section of the Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, described a “perfect storm of problems against press freedom”. UNIFEED