"NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS"

Prospects for women peacebuilders vastly worse than before pandemic as spoilers ramp up action aimed at silencing their voices, human rights chief warns Security Council.

Norway will hold an open debate to address how the intimidation of and violence and reprisals against women – because of their engagement in peace and security processes – threaten our shared goal of ensuring women's full, equal and meaningful participation in all stages of peace processes.

People in Afghanistan are facing the winter season amid one of the world’s most rapidly growing humanitarian crises. Half of the population face acute hunger, over 9 million people are displaced, and the economy is in free fall. UNHCR

The United Nations and non-governmental organizations launched joint response plans aiming to deliver vital humanitarian relief to 22 million people in Afghanistan and support 5.7 million displaced Afghans and local communities in five neighbouring countries. UNHCR

Humanitarians on the ground in Ethiopia said the situation in the northern part of the country remains “unpredictable and volatile,” according to a UN spokesperson. Stéphane Dujarric urgently called on all parties to allow “unimpeded and sustained access to people in Tigray, Amhara and Afar.” UNIFEED

Interactive dialogue to discuss the importance of road safety-related domestic and international finance for achieving the road safety-related Sustainable Development Goal targets and its broader positive impact on public health and the economy.

Interactive dialogue to discuss the importance of road safety-related domestic and international finance for achieving the road safety-related Sustainable Development Goal targets and its broader positive impact on public health and the economy.

Press briefing by Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December, on the Council's programme of work for December 2021.

Security Council, international community still doing too little to steer Israeli-Palestinian conflict into ‘calmer waters’, briefer says amid heightened tensions.

On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS warns that the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years. UNAIDS