"NEGOTIATION"

Briefing reporters on the closing of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said, “We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.” UNIFEED

The Chair of the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) said the agreed conclusions reached at the end of this year’s meeting are “a significant milestone on gender equality in the context of technology, innovation and education in the digital age.” UNIFEED

On the occasion on World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from 2023 to 2027 to support fast-tracking progress towards ending TB and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. WHO

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel (COI OPTEJI) is currently holding a second series of public hearings from 20 to 24 March at the United Nations in Geneva as part of its mandate and its investigations. UNTV CH

After the conclusion of the Seventh Meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees’ Exchange Agreement for Yemen, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said, “the parties have agreed on implementation plans to release 887 conflict-related detainees from all sides.” UNTV CH

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “I am confident that this year we will be able to say that COVID-19 is over as a public health emergency of international concern,” but “we are not there yet.” WHO

“Despite the grim situation with ongoing challenges, there are clear areas where we can try to make some meaningful progress. In recent interviews with Rohingya mothers, young women and youth rescued during precarious sea journeys, they all had a single message – we want a future and education,” the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar told General Assembly Member States. UNIFEED

The Syrian conflict will only be resolved if all parties involved in it are prepared to make the kind of compromises on humanitarian grounds that followed last month’s earthquake disaster, UN negotiator Geir Pedersen said on Wednesday. UNTV CH

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Ukraine to discuss with President Zelenskyy the possible continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which will expire on 18 March. OCHA

On Saturday, UN member countries finalized a “breakthrough” text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, after nearly two decades of talks. UNIFEED