"NOBEL PEACE PRIZE"

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) concluded a five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week where she met with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Denis Mukwege, and visited his Panzi Hospital to see the wards for survivors of sexual violence. UNFPA

ISIL/Da’esh committed genocide of Yazidi, war crimes against unarmed cadets, military personnel in Iraq, investigative team head tells Security Council.

The Head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh (UNITAD) announced today that based upon independent and impartial investigations, “there is clear and convincing evidence” that the crimes committed by the terrorist group against the Yazidi people “clearly constituted genocide.” UNIFEED

Women still suffering in war zones, Special Representative tells Security Council, highlighting unmet global commitments to victims of sexual violence.

UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramilla Patten said building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic requires an “inclusive, intersectional, and gender-informed approach” and demands a paradigm shift: “to silence the guns and amplify the voices of women; to invest in public welfare rather than the instruments of warfare.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global solidarity and greater international cooperation and must be turned into an opportunity for fundamental change, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a keynote address to the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme warned that looming famine in Yemen “is a ticking time bomb and the world needs to act now.” UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

“This Nobel Peace Prize is more than a thank you. It is a call to action,” said the WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley in Rome on Thursday while receiving the prestigious award on behalf of the World Food Programme. WFP