"DRUG TRADE"

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted a two-day official mission to Colombia from Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 January, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Afghanistan’s future depends on Taliban’s engagement with world, but restrictions on women signal lack of international commitments, briefer warns Security Council.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support and solidarity with the people of Afghanistan at a flash appeal in Geneva, in which he appealed for a lifeline for the country’s most vulnerable people. UNTV CH

Swift withdrawal of international troops sparks widespread fear in Afghanistan, experts tell Security Council, sounding alarm over Taliban military gains.

World-renowned natural historian Sir David Attenborough told the Security Council the world is “perilously close to tipping points that once past will send global temperatures spiralling catastrophically higher,” and said, “If we continue on our current path, we will face the collapse of everything that gives us our security." UNIFEED

High level meeting discussing the death penalty and gender dimension: exploring disadvantage and systemic barriers affecting death sentences.

In a video message, Colombian President Iván Duque told the General Assembly’s General Debate that the “dictatorial regime” of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro’s “supports itself with the profits of the drug trade; it shelters terrorists; and is a constant threat to democracy in the region and the whole world.” UNIFEED

Drug use has caused some 585,000 deaths in 2017, while 35 million people in the world suffer from drug use disorders and require urgent services, according to a new United Nations (UN) report published Wednesday. UNIFEED

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution calling upon member states to combat and criminalize financing of terrorists and their Activities at 8496h meeting.

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution calling upon member states to combat and criminalize financing of terrorists and their Activities at 8496h meeting.