"PEACEMAKING"

The head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, said that over the past six months, the situation in the region has been marked by contrasting developments. On one hand, he said, significant progress has been made in consolidating democracy in some parts of the region, while on the other hand, the security situation and governance challenges remain a major concern. UNIFEED

Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, on situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

Informal comments to the media by Tanja Fajon, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Slovenia, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Women are playing an increasingly high-profile role in bringing peace and security to Somalia, concluded participants in a UN-supported meeting today in Mogadishu called Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security. UNSOM

Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that the probability of a peace agreement lasting at least two years increases by 20 percent if women are involved. UNIFEED

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, said, “there is an alarming rise in political contestation turning violent or fueling intra-State conflicts, as well as in acts of terrorism and violent extremism, which expose systemic governance deficits associated with weak or absent State institutions”. UNIFEED

As South Sudan races to complete its democratic transition by holding its first-ever national elections in December 2024, youth participation in peacemaking and politics has become vital. UNMISS

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Increasingly Repressing Its Citizen’s Human Rights, Freedoms, High Commissioner Warns Security Council

Security Council Expands Mandate, Personnel Strength of Mission in Colombia, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2694 (2023)

Ahead of COP 28, being held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, the United Nations kept a sharp focus on the issue of climate change during the month of June. UNIFEED / FILE