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Former Afghan women politicians asked the international community on Thursday to pressure the Taliban “to put their words in action” and fulfill their promises made in 2019 in Qatar including girls’ education and women’s rights. UNIFEED

Four Afghan women leaders (Fawzia Koofi, former Republic Peace Negotiator and first woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Naheed Fareed, former Afghan Parliamentarian and Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Human Rights, Civil Society and Women Affairs; Asila Wardak, former diplomat; Anisa Shaheed, journalist) speak to the media ahead of the event untitled "A New Chapter in Afghanistan: Ensuring International Cooperation in Support of Afghan Women Girls" co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of the Un

Caitlin Williscroft, a specialist who works for UN Women on the Women, Peace and Security Programme in the Afghanistan Country Office, is joined by Nahid Fareed, Parliamentarian, Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Human Rights, Civil Society and Women Affairs, as well as Mariam Safi, Executive Director of the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS), to brief reporters in the context of the anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 and the open debate on Women, Peace and Security.

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

Residual Mechanism advancing remaining cases of closed criminal tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia despite pandemic-related hurdles, President tells General Assembly.

On a visit to the southern Somali city of Kismayo, a senior United Nations official today hailed Jubaland’s announcement that elections for the remaining four seats for its Upper House representation would be held shortly — and that women’s representation would be included. UNSOM

More than 700,000 people across South Sudan have been affected by intense and unrelenting floods due to heavy rainfall over the past six months. Affected communities continue to be isolated and cut off from aid as roads, bridges and airstrips have been submerged, hindering urgent delivery of assistance. UNHCR

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, said, "Preserving what has been achieved, making headway on the outstanding tasks, and overcoming the challenges of implementation will hinge to a great extent on the parties' ability to implement each and every element" of the peace agreement. UNIFEED

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned ahead of World Food Day. WFP