"HUMAN SECURITY"

Rural reform critical to building ‘more peaceful, prosperous Colombia’, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Representatives of Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland took part of an installation ceremony of their national flags, as newly elected non-permanent members of the Security Council. UNIFEED

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

At a COP27 event on climate science, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said, “science provides the evident and data on the impact of climate change, but it also gives us the tools and knowledge as how we need to address it.” UNIFEED

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Concluding 2022 management segment, Economic and Social Council focuses on role in attaining inclusive recovery guided by sustainable development agenda.

The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, told the Security Council that the trauma of war “risks destroying a generation” in Ukraine, stressing the importance of continuing “all efforts to advance peace.” UNIFEED

Two years after a peace deal was signed and a transitional government of national unity is in place, tangible remainders of conflict still exist in South Sudan. These are landmines and unexploded ordnance, that pose a significant threat to communities. UNMISS

Despite electoral progress, Central African countries still besieged by terrorism, humanitarian crisis, Special Representative tells Security Council.