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The Security Council approved a resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. UNIFEED

Addressing a Security Council open debate on Promoting Conflict Prevention the head of the United Nations Political and Peacebuilding department, Rosemary DiCarlo said, “almost 25 years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325, women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in building peace and preventing conflict remains the exception, not the rule.” UNIFEED

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released today by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). UNICEF

Ahead of a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, the Women, Peace, and Security Shared Commitments Group stated that sustainable peace, stability, and development in the country “can only be achieved if there is an inclusive political process underpinned by respect for the rule of law and the human rights of all Afghan people.” UNIFEED

Ahead of the Security Council meeting on Myanmar, the Permanent Representative of Myanmar, Kyaw Moe Tun, stated, “Our revolution is a homegrown, people-centered, and people-oriented one, but we need help from the international community." UNIFEED

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, told the Security Council, “There are grounds to believe that presently Rome Statute crimes are being committed in Darfur by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces affiliated groups.” UNIFEED

Human rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado said the emergency powers granted to the armed forces in Ecuador for public security tasks, “must be exceptional, limited in time and subordinate to civil authorities, to whom they must be accountable.” OHCHR

On the first business day of the new year, the Security Council welcomed five new non-permanent members for 2024 -2025, namely Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia. UNIFEED

The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the key features of the human rights situation in the country are a record of systemic discrimination against women and girls, repression of political dissent and free speech, a lack of meaningful representation of minorities, and ongoing instances of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, and ill-treatment. UNIFEED

UN senior official for political affairs Khaled Khiari reiterated that any launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) using ballistic missile technology is “a violation of relevant Security Council resolutions, and we strongly urge the DPRK to refrain from such actions.” UNIFEED