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Ahead of a High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace convened by General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák at UN Headquarters, his spokesperson said, “the idea of this meeting is to promote a new approach to peace.” UNIFEED

The United Nations (UN) today held a memorial service to honour UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty between July 2016 and the end of last year. UNIFEED

Liechtenstein’s ambassador to the UN Christian Wenaweser told reporters today there was already a competent mechanism in place which could identify individuals who are “criminally responsible for the use of chemical weapons” in Syria. UNIFEED

The Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) began today at UN Headquarters in New York, with the special theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources.” UNIFEED

During a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Secretary-General António Guterres said “Rwandans have shown that reconciliation is possible,” adding that “Rwandans have learned from the events of 1994, and so must the international community.” UNIFEED

At a special United Nations (UN) event called "Empowering Women and Girls with Autism", Julia Bascom, the Executive Director fo the Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that we can teach the autistic girls from the moment they were born that “their feelings and experiences and preferences are important.” UNIFEED

A top United Nations official in Somalia today said the impact of mines and remnants of war on lives in the country was “devastating.” UNSOM

Secretary-General António Guterres extended his “deepest condolences” after the passing of Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. UNIFEED / FILE

In its first report presented today at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, the head of the UN International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) on crimes in Syria said that war crimes investigators have collected an “unprecedented volume of information” documenting atrocities committed by all sides during the Syrian war. UNTV CH

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General today honoured those who suffered the Transatlantic slave trade, and pledged to “remain forever vigilant” to “lift all lives and fight against forced labour and other horrendous abuses that have no place in our world.” UNIFEED