"EDUCATION"

Advocacy efforts to have women included in leadership roles in South Sudan have yielded fruits in the Lakes area, with the appointment of two women - one to head the regional ministry of education and other to take a seat at the traditional court. UNMISS

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a US$1.35 billion regional plan to respond to the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean and the communities hosting them. UNHCR

Secretary-General António Guterres addressed UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris and reiterated the organization’s central role to bring the world together. He said, “we must prove the value of international cooperation by addressing the real problems and anxieties that people face.” UNESCO

A steady stream of returnees has been making their way home to South Sudan following the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in September 2018 which has resulted to calm in the country. UNMISS

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have constructed a much-needed three-classroom block at a primary school in South Sudan’s Western Lakes area, hoping that more girls can go to school and preventing them from being married off young. UNMISS

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, Pierre Krähenbühl, informed the Secretary-General today that he was resigning, effective immediately, said a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED