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Afghanistan: no other country in the world where women and girls have “so rapidly” been deprived of their fundamental rights “purely because of gender,” UN-appointed expert told Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments to tax oil and gas companies' “excessive profits” and said it was “immoral” for these companies “to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities and at a massive cost to the climate.” UNIFEED

Economic and Social Council grants 209 non-governmental organizations consultative status, adopts seven resolutions, six decisions, as management segment resumes.

The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Christian Schmidt, told the Security Council that “more than 26 years” since the signing of the Dayton Accord, Bosnia and Herzegovina “remains a country traumatized by war,” and added that “the desire to keep peace is present amongst Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and others.” UNIFEED

Questions pertaining to crime prevention, criminal justice, among texts adopted by Economic and Social Council.

Second day of the second informal thematic consultation convened by Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the General Assembly, to provide the Secretary-General with an opportunity to inform Member States on the thinking regarding the follow-up to the "Our Common Agenda" report, and to allow Member States the opportunity to further consider the various proposals, options and potential means of implementation.

Second informal thematic consultation convened by Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the General Assembly, to provide the Secretary-General with an opportunity to inform Member States on the thinking regarding the follow-up to the "Our Common Agenda" report, and to allow Member States the opportunity to further consider the various proposals, options and potential means of implementation.

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly said his primary concern is not just the immediate humanitarian suffering that one sees in Yemen, but the gradual deterioration in the country, “the longer this conflict drags on, the deeper that will go,” he added. UNIFEED

Informal meeting of the General Assembly to hear the briefing by the G20 Sherpa of Italy, Luigi Mattiolo, on the outcomes of the G20 Rome Leaders Summit, particularly in light of the G20’s impact on critical issues such as vaccines, COVID-19 recoveries, and climate actions.

Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by France to renew the mandate of the EU-led multinational stabilization force EUFOR-ALTHEA, operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for another year. UNIFEED