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The number of conflict-related deaths between 2020 and 2021 increased worldwide by 46 percent, largely due to increasing violence in Afghanistan, Yemen and Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, updated journalists on the latest attacks by the armed CODECO group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On Afghanistan, he said a well-known advocate for girls’ educations was arrested in Kabul on Monday. UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office urged the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities, a spokesperson said. UNTV CH

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime inspectors continue providing support as the deal allowing for the sea export of Ukraine grain renewed. UNODC

The United Nations top humanitarian official said it was “vital for global food security” that the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the UN Secretariat on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports continue, “and should be fully implemented.” UNIFEED

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the UN, said, “At a time when the Afghan people are facing a set of profoundly difficult challenges, the Council has responded with a strong and unified message – Afghanistan and, in particular, its women and its girls will not be abandoned.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General warned, “Rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.” UNIFEED

The Chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, told reporters, “Islamic rights enshrine women's rights, that there is no space for groups such as those in Afghanistan or anywhere else to claim that Islam justifies their actions.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, warned the Security Council that the country “under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women’s rights.” UNIFEED

UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous told the Security Council, “The status of women is under siege. Aspects of technology, such as social media, have roles in sharing vital information and rallying support – and also in causing further harm through spreading disinformation and fostering violent misogyny.” UNIFEED