"WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS"

Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Sami Bahous welcomed "the news that 50 hostages, all women, and children, will be released in return for the release of 150 Palestinian women and children, and a much-needed humanitarian pause.” UNIFEED

Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.

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

Press conference by Matthias Schmale, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (a.i) for Nigeria on the humanitarian situation in Nigeria.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said, “despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad now hosts more than a million refugees, including newly some half a million who fled the conflict in Sudan over the past six months. Most women and children.” UNIFEED

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

Informal comments to the media by Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, and Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening. Fuel, food, water and electricity are running out, and the health system is in a state of total collapse. An estimated 50,000 pregnant women are caught up in the conflict, with around 5,500 due to give birth within the next 30 days - around 160 deliveries a day. UNFPA

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “where wars rage, women suffer,” and said, “twenty-three years after this Council adopted resolution 1325, women’s participation should be a default, not an afterthought. But that is not the case.” UNIFEED