"DESERTIFICATION"

General Assembly takes Up Second Committee reports, adopting 38 resolutions, 2 decisions.

Elections in central African countries show significant progress, but Security Conditions could disrupt democratic strides, briefers tell Security Council.

Leaders of the Federal Government of Somalia, its international partners and a cross-section of Somalis gathered in the capital on Monday and Tuesday for the country’s first-ever International Investment Conference–an opportunity for the world to appreciate the progress being made by Somalia on the political and economic front. UNSOM

The UN senior official for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, warned, “We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, alongside youth activists and peacekeepers, took part in a tree-planting event for Mongolia’s One Billion Trees campaign. UNIC MONGOLIA

Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia that it was “particularly timely to recognize that Mongolia has shown its commitment to non-proliferation and disarmament by declaring itself a nuclear weapons-free zone.” UNIC MONGOLIA

With less than eight years remaining to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the President of the UN General Assembly convened a ‘Moment for Nature’ debate to examine the interconnected environmental threats hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Three quarters of the world’s population could be affected by droughts by 2050, according to the United Nations. Annual rainfall in some areas of Mauritania has dropped to a quarter of levels recorded 30 years ago. IFAD