"LITERACY"

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

Uptick in military coups, armaments race rapidly setting back clock on women’s rights, Secretary-General warns Security Council, at start of day-long debate.

Uptick in military coups, armaments race rapidly setting back clock on women’s rights, Secretary-General warns Security Council, at start of day-long debate.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said Lebanon risks losing the health gains it made over the last decade and stressed that unless urgent action is taken, “Afghanistan faces an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.” WHO

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

In Afghanistan, UNICEF and its partners continue to provide recreational activities and psychosocial support through fixed and mobile Child-Friendly Spaces (CFSs) at Shahrak-Sabz IDP settlement in Herat city, while at Bab-e-Bargh Comprehensive Health Center, UNICEF-supported immunization, health, nutrition and ante/post-natal care continue in Herat city’s largest health clinic. UNICEF

Delegates stress need for reckoning with slavery’s role in perpetuating bias, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Day to Remember Victims.

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Together with the Government of Burkina Faso, UNICEF and Enfants du Monde, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – launched a new multi-year programme that aims to provide education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected regions of the country. ECW

The UN Secretary-General delivers his first major speech of the year at a virtual event that offers a powerful opportunity to communicate why the UN remains the best global forum to find solutions to the challenges we face – from the climate emergency to COVID-19, conflict – to a broad and diverse global audience. The event will also serve as a global commemoration of the UN’s 75th anniversary, with the UN returning – virtually – to London, where it held its first meetings in 1946.