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During a press conference in Washington on the Global Financial Stability Report, IMF Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Tobias Adrian, told reporters “the economic recovery has remained resilient despite market volatility. But investors and policymakers should not take too much comfort from today’s relatively easy financial conditions.” IMF

Banks and capital markets continue to grow healthier a decade after the global financial crisis struck, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of increased short-term and elevated medium-term risks to stability in the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) released Wednesday. IMF

Speaking at a Security Council meeting on sexual violence in conflict, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said “gender-based discrimination is the invisible driver of most crimes of sexual violence,” adding that “the lower a woman’s status -- in terms of health, wealth and education -- the greater is her vulnerability and exposure to harm.” UNIFEED

Launching the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund in New York today, the Special Envoy for Road Safety said “road traffic injuries are estimated to create 1.85 trillion dollars burden on global economy each year.” UNIFEED

The Security Council today (10 April) voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) with 13 votes in favour and two abstentions from member states that objected the use of chapter seven of the United Nations Charter. UNIFEED

As the monsoon looms, workers are in a hurry to pave the main arterial road cutting through the largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar district, South-eastern Bangladesh which houses more than 570,000 refugees. UNHCR

During an official visit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met in Beijing with Xi Jinping, President of China, where he congratulated the President on his recent re-election. UNIC BEIJING

Dozens of youth hit the pavement in the Somali capital today, taking part in the city’s first mini-marathon in decades to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. UNSOM

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

On International Mine Awareness Day, marked annually on 4 April, the Director of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Agnès Marcaillou, said that in post conflicts environments “nothing can be fully efficient and successful unless the protection of the civilians from the threat of explosive hazards is addressed.” UNIFEED