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UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action at joint briefing by the President of the General Assembly and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the 2019 Climate Summit.

February 11th marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The theme for 2019 is “Investment in Women and Girls for Inclusive Green Growth,” and a two-day event began today at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together global experts and leaders to evaluate the economic and social impact of women’s participation in science-based sustainable development programmes. UNIFEED

The Security Council held an Arria-formula meeting on the preventive impact of criminal accountability for conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. UNIFEED

Presenting the EAT-Lancet Commission report, actor and activist Alec Baldwin said “we need to find solutions that work for both people and planet,” and added that the report “is a blue print for a better future based on what we put on our plates every day.” UNIFEED

At a high-level event to mark the global launch of the International Year of Indigenous Languages the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said indigenous languages “are unique systems of knowledge and understanding of the world” and are “invaluable for humanity.” UNIFEED

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust, Secretary-General António Guterres said that as we remember the Holocaust’s victims, “we also reaffirm our resolve to fight the hatred that still plagues our world today.” UNIFEED

The UN human rights expert Agnès Callamard is to head an international inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, starting with a visit to Turkey from 28 January to 3 February 2019, the United Nations human rights office OHCHR said Friday. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres made a call for multilateralism and, warning against the dangers of widespread fear and mistrust in our planet, said, “the best-selling brand in our world today is indeed fear.” UNIFEED

The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, said that United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using articles from the Venezuelan constitution “to justify staging a coup d’état in Venezuela.” UNIFEED

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is following events in Venezuela and remains concerned about the situation there, his spokesperson said today. UNIFEED