"GENDER EQUALITY"

Commenting on guidelines expected to be issued by Taliban authorities to allow women to work in humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, the United Nations top humanitarian official said “Let’s see if these guidelines do come through. Let's see if they are beneficial. Let's see what space there is for the essential and central role of women in our humanitarian operations.” UNIFEED

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told reporters, “We cannot leave and abandon the women of Afghanistan. It's not when it gets hard that we drop off. It's when it gets hard that they see more of us and that we're there in solidarity with them.” UNIFEED / UNAMA

Several members of the Security Council expressed “grave concern regarding the critical situation” of women and girls in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to “immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls, adhere to their commitments set out in Security Council resolution 2593, and respect the rights of women and girls.” UNIFEED

Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world today agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems.UN BIODIVERSITY

Economic and Social Council adopts controversial draft resolution to remove Iran from Commission on Status of Women, emphasizing lack of rights in country.

A Resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its 2022–2026 term was adopted at a meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). UNIFEED

UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, “gender parity remains a top priority for UN Peacekeeping and our partners,” adding that the world body is “working to advance the role of women in peacekeeping and creating the right conditions for them to contribute fully at all strategic, operational and tactical levels and in all roles.” UNIFEED

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

Economic and Social Council elects members to seven subsidiary bodies, adopts decisions on non-governmental organizations.

Somalia’s pool of academic skills deepened recently with the conferring of a range of postgraduate degrees to 166 students – including the country’s president. UNSOM