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From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

As 2022 comes to an end, the conflict in Ukraine shows no signs of waning. UNIFEED / FILE

President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová told the General Assembly, “we must choose international rules-based order over the power of gun. We must urgently deliver on our climate goals and find working rules for social media platforms to protect our societies and international order.” UNIFEED

In Slovakia, the UN refugee agency is on hand to help refugees weigh their options, working together with them and empowering them to make their own informed decisions. UNHCR

Refugees from the Ukraine keep arriving in Slovakia, where the government is maintaining an open and welcoming policy, but they face uncertainty about their future. UNHCR

At the closing of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly (GA) today, Miroslav Lajcak, Slovak diplomat, was sworn in as the incoming president of the 72nd session of the main policymaking organ of the organization. UNIFEED

The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council held a second straw poll towards the selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. UNIFEED-UNTV

For the first time, candidates for the position of next Secretary-General took part in a globally televised and webcast event in the General Assembly Hall and took questions from diplomats and the public at large. The second set of candidates included Helen Clark (New Zealand), Danilo Turk (Slovenia), Christiana Figueres (Costa Rica), Igor Lukšić (Montenegro) and Irina Bokova (Bulgaria). UNIFEED-UNTV

For the first time, candidates for the position of next Secretary-General took part in a globally televised and webcast event in the General Assembly Hall and took questions from diplomats and the public at large. The first set of candidates included Vesna Pusić (Croatia), António Guterres (Portugal) Susana Malcorra (Argentina), Vuk Jeremic (Serbia) and Natalia Gherman (Moldova). UNIFEED-UNTV

Out of 143 economies surveyed, at least 90 percent had one or more legal differences that hinder women’s ability to work and open businesses, according to the report Women, Business and the Law 2014, issued jointly by the World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC.) WORLD BANK