Search Results  for : "MONA JUUL"

Human rights defender from Myanmar, May Sabe Phyu said, “We, women of Myanmar believe that to achieve gender equality, it is a must to end militarism and the impunity enjoyed by the military for their actions. We know in our hearts that women's rights and gender equality will never be advanced if the junta remains in power.” UNIFEED

Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, said that the needs of the Syrian people had reached the worst levels since the conflict began against a backdrop of further economic collapse and ongoing violence. UNIFEED

A meeting of the Security Council discussed today the growing risks climate change poses for peace and security around the globe. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security today in New York, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “Despite decades of evidence that gender equality offers a path to sustainable peace and conflict prevention, we are moving in the opposite direction.” UNIFEED

The ten elected members and five incoming members of the Security Council called on the Taliban to immediately reverse the decision to exclude girls from secondary education in Afghanistan. UNIFEED

The Security Council adopted a resolution re-authorising cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border for an additional six months, until 10 January 2023. UNIFEED

In a statement issued today, the Security Council expressed deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. UNIFEED

The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, told the Security Council that the trauma of war “risks destroying a generation” in Ukraine, stressing the importance of continuing “all efforts to advance peace.” UNIFEED

In a statement read by the UAE Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, some members of the Security Council reiterated, “all girls in Afghanistan should be able to get to school,” and that “education is a universal right for all children.” UNIFEED

Norwegian ambassador to the UN Mona Juul said the renewed mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) gives it the ability to engage with all “the relevant actors”, including the Taliban, but stressed that this in “no way implies UN recognition of the Taliban.” UNIFEED