"SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, told the Security Council that “full compliance with human rights is the best antidote to the inequalities, unaddressed grievances and exclusion which are often at the root of instability and conflict.” UNIFEED

Under the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality", the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day 2023 highlighted the need for inclusive and transformative technology and digital education. UNIFEED

On International Women’s Day, participants gathered at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and their essential contributions to the sustainable development of the 46 Least Developed Countries. UNIFEED

Speaking at the opening of the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), Secretary-General António Guterres said, “women's rights are being abused, threatened and violated around the world,” as “progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes.” UNIFEED

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said today that, for the agency, “the first priority in the world at this point in time is to avoid a nuclear accident with serious radiological consequences in a nuclear power plant that has been shelled several times.” IAEA

Economic and Social Council elects members to seven subsidiary bodies, adopts decisions on non-governmental organizations.