"PEACE AND SECURITY"

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, demanded that parties in Sudan “exercise utmost restraint” and called on the military “to release all those that were unlawfully detained today.” UNIFEED

“DPR Korea has never been more isolated from the international community than at this point in time,” said the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, adding that the isolation is having “a dramatic impact on the human rights of the people inside of the country and dampens hopes of achieving sustainable peace and security on the Korean peninsula.” UNIFEED

Former Afghan women politicians asked the international community on Thursday to pressure the Taliban “to put their words in action” and fulfill their promises made in 2019 in Qatar including girls’ education and women’s rights. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Raychelle Awuor Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, and Security Council President for the month of October, in her national capacity on Women and peace and security: Investing in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, following the Security Council, 8886th meeting.

“Over eight months since the military takeover, the overall situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate sharply with the conflict intensifying in many parts of the country,” the outgoing UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener said on Thursday. UNIFEED

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.

Four Afghan women leaders (Fawzia Koofi, former Republic Peace Negotiator and first woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Naheed Fareed, former Afghan Parliamentarian and Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Human Rights, Civil Society and Women Affairs; Asila Wardak, former diplomat; Anisa Shaheed, journalist) speak to the media ahead of the event untitled "A New Chapter in Afghanistan: Ensuring International Cooperation in Support of Afghan Women Girls" co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of the Un

Addressing the Security Council annual debate on women, peace and security Secretary-General António Guterres said, “today, women’s leadership is a cause, tomorrow, it must be the norm,” stressing that “we can no longer exclude one half of humanity from international peace and security.” UNIFEED

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.