"CYBER SECURITY"

Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly and will join premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period. UNIFEED

Press conference by Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Vincenzo Aquaro (UN DESA) on the 2022 edition of the UN E-Government Survey - The Future of Digital Government.

Informal comments to the media by Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, and Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, ahead of Security Council Arria-formula meeting on transnational terrorist threats.

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joined the Heads of Agency Aid for Trade focus to examine how the multiple crises facing the world are impinging on trade and development prospects of developing economies. IMF

Warning incitement of racial, religious hatred can trigger atrocity crimes, Special Adviser stresses States’ legal obligation to prevent genocide.

Political affairs chief spells out double-edged nature of digital technologies, in briefing to Security Council members also hear from representatives of civil society, academia.

Security Council calls emergency special session of General Assembly on Ukraine crisis, adopting resolution 2623 (2022) by 11 votes in favour, 1 against, 3 abstentions.

Russian Federation announces ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as Security Council meets in eleventh-hour effort to avoid full-scale conflict.

Briefing by the President of the Security Council for February and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzia on the Council's programme of work for the month of February. 

Secretary-General urges action to extinguish ‘five-alarm global fire’, as he presents annual report on United Nations work, priorities for 2022 in General Assembly.