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Somalia’s pool of academic skills deepened recently with the conferring of a range of postgraduate degrees to 166 students – including the country’s president. UNSOM

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, appeals to the world to not forget or neglect the growing needs of displaced Syrians inside and outside the country, 11 years since the crisis began. UNHCR

The Thai Horizontal Mechanical Engineering Company (HMEC) attached to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have created agricultural demonstration plots at the Yei Checkpoint in the capital of Juba in an effort to teach residents of the three surrounding communities how to successfully grow food by which they can feed themselves with what they have. UNMISS

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

Marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the Swiss government donated to the UN in Geneva an eco-friendly ephemeral work of art spanning 6,000 square meters on the grounds of the historic Palais des Nations. UNTV CH

After presenting his annual report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Felipe González Morales, said “there is a very worrisome trend of hate speech in many countries around the world” and called on leaders to “refrain from having an inflammatory, xenophobic, discourse,” and instead promote initiatives to prevent this trend from expanding in their societies. UNIFEED

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

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

Event entitled “Non-violence in Action” (on the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence) (A/RES/61/271)