Meetings Coverage

The Special Committee on Decolonization met this morning to continue its 2024 session. On its agenda were preparations for the 2024 Caribbean regional seminar.

The Economic and Social Council convened today for a daylong special meeting on international cooperation in tax matters.

The Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations met this afternoon to complete the work of its 2024 session after nearly four weeks of meeting mostly in working groups.

The Russian Federation’s intention to hold presidential elections from 15 to 17 March 2024 in areas of Ukraine under its control is unacceptable, the UN’s political affairs chief told the Security Council today as delegates warned that such conduct further undermines the prospects for peace.

Representatives of Member States today delivered voluntary presentations on their national efforts on the review theme “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls” as the Commission on the Status of Women continued its sixty-eighth session.

The Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 17 March 2025, expressing its appreciation for the Organization’s long-term commitment to support the people of that country and stressing the need for a continued field presence.

Meeting on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, the General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for measures against such a phenomenon despite reservations expressed by some Member States about the text’s narrow focus on one religion and the cost of creating a senior United Nations position dedicated to the matter.

Young women and non-binary people want to live on a planet that prioritizes social protection and inclusion and not a world built for heterosexual men, youth delegates told the Commission on the Status of Women, as it continued its sixty-eighth session.

With concentric circles of escalation and risky military adventurism in the Red Sea, Yemen could descend into a new cycle of war, the Organization’s senior official for that country warned the Security Council today, as he urged all actors to exercise maximum restraint and work towards de-escalation and the peace process.

The Security Council met this afternoon to conclude its open debate on working methods.