"GENDER EQUALITY"

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saluted young people around the world “for raising their voices – in the streets and online – and standing up for climate action, gender equality, racial and social justice and so much more.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by the Permanent Representatives of Norway (Mona Juul), United Arab Emirates (Lana Nusseibeh), Albania (Ferit Hoxha), and Colombia (Guillermo Fernández de Soto), on the situation in Colombia.

President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid outlines his priorities for the remainder of the seventy-sixth session.

Press conference by Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring at DESA, on the Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospect Report 2022.

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

After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva. UNTV CH

Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif briefed the Human Rights Council on issues involving civic space and fundamental freedoms in Ukraine from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2021, including in territory controlled by the Government, territory controlled by the self-proclaimed ‘republics’ in eastern Ukraine, and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. OHCHR

The Deputy High commissioner called on the Human Rights Council to remain apprised of the human rights situation in Nicaragua and to consider all measures within its power to promote accountability for the serious violations that have occurred since 2018. OHCHR stands ready to assist in these efforts. OHCHR

The President of the General Assembly Abdulla Shahid gives an update on his Presidency of Hope as he nears 100 days in office. 

Rome’s traditional Christmas tree lights up to call on global efforts to build a more sustainable world. The official ceremony to inaugurate the 25 meter high fir on Piazza Venezia in Rome’s historic city centre took place on Wednesday (8 Dec), as the Italian capital in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the initiative “Christmas in Rome – Let’s give the gift of a sustainable city”. FAO