The Economic and Social Council opened its 2024 coordination segment today, commencing a two-day discussion centred on the efficient delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions to reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in times of multiple crises.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2024 session today, deferring action on 106 requests for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.
The Security Council — acting unanimously today — decided to renew for another year the long-standing United Nations peacekeeping presence in Cyprus, while stressing the need to avoid any unilateral actions that could raise tensions on the island and undermine the prospects for a peaceful settlement.
The type of public-private partnership that enabled a moon landing and led to the invention of mobile phones and baby formula is lacking with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a keynote speaker told the Economic and Social Council today at its annual Partnership Forum, as she called for symbiotic, rather than parasitic, approaches to address major global crises./p>
There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces are committing atrocity crimes in Darfur, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the Security Council today, as he urged compliance with international law to arrest the spread of both violence and impunity in Sudan.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2024 session today, recommending two entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, deferring action on 46 others, while further taking note of 354 new quadrennial reports submitted by groups already in consultative status.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2024 session today, deferring action on 47 requests for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, while taking note of 364 new quadrennial reports submitted by groups already in consultative status.
Haiti finds itself trapped in a catch-22 situation, with both its security and political conditions contributing — in a vicious cycle — to the country’s multifaceted crisis, the Security Council heard today, as speakers debated on the recent developments there.
Both sides are conducting separate investigations into the downing of a Russian military aircraft in the Belgorod region on 24 January 2023, the United Nations senior political official told the Security Council today, as numerous delegates underscored that the incident occurred in the context of Moscow’s war of aggression.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2024 session today, recommending six entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 88 others.
