"POVERTY"

Israeli, Palestinian leaders’ statements on two-state solution positive sign, but words must be turned into action, speakers tell Security Council.

The ten elected members and five incoming members of the Security Council called on the Taliban to immediately reverse the decision to exclude girls from secondary education in Afghanistan. UNIFEED

Afghanistan’s future depends on Taliban’s engagement with world, but restrictions on women signal lack of international commitments, briefer warns Security Council.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security and Intelligence, Child Poverty Reduction, and Ministerial Services of New Zealand, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20 - 26 September 2022).

Noting that “there’s more liquidity in Asia than in Europe and USA combined”, the President of Timor-Leste asked the UN Secretary-General to host a “historic summit” to come up with a plan to fight poverty with the wealth from the Global South. UNIFEED

Addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN on Thursday, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said, “a Security Council that retains the power of veto in the hands of a few will still lead us to war, as we have seen this year.” UNIFEED

The President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that the agreement on the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea “is one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations in recent decades.” UNIFEED.

Opening the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) Moment in New York, UN Secretary-General said the meeting happens “at a critical point" in the world and urged countries to take more action. UNIFEED

Ahead of the 77th session of the General Assembly’s General Debate, Secretary-General António Guterres said that faced with geopolitical divisions, climate change, pandemics and high levels of inequality, “we need unity. We need cooperation, we need dialogue. And the present geopolitical divides are not allowing it to happen.” UNIFEED