"RELIGION"

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said, “I was targeted for speaking out for girls education, and it proved to me that the Taliban was scared of the voice of women and girls. They did not want to hear women and girls speak out for equality, and they did not want to see women being educated.” UNIFEED

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the launch of a flash appeal for Afghanistan on Monday is an “opportunity” to describe the needs of the Afghan people to members states and for them to “pledge a partnership with us to meet those needs in very difficult circumstances.” UNTV CH

“The UN has been working for the people of Afghanistan for decades,” the UN Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Friday and its staff “will remain and do everything for the people of Afghanistan who have suffered so much.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

United Kingdom Ambassador James Kariuki told reporters that the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar “is getting worse each day as a third wave of COVID ravages the country.” UNIFEED

The General Assembly holds an Informal meeting of the plenary on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela International Day. General Assembly decides high-level meeting on improving global road safety will be held in New York, 2022.

Speakers stress need to address root causes of terrorism, violent extremism amidst fallout from pandemic, as General Assembly continues debate on global strategy.

Consequences of not acting now to end violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could Be ‘disastrous’, warns Under-Secretary-General, briefing Security Council.

General Assembly adopts resolution calling for stronger action against new, emerging threats, as speakers assess progress in advancing global counter-terrorism strategy.

Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said it was not in the interest of the Palestinian people to “send gifts” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rather it is to “isolate Netanyahu and his extremist fascist groups until they cannot bare this global pressure on them to stop this aggression, which will happen.” UNIFEED