On 2 December 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo received a briefing from the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in connection with the Group’s midterm report in pursuance of paragraph 4 of resolution 2478 (2019).
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The United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Peacebuilding Commission, delivered by Assistant Secretary‑General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, in New York today:
Following are United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the Italian Senate on multilateral solutions to global challenges, in Rome today:
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its forty-eighth session from 10 to 13 December at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the Global Refugee Forum, in Geneva today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development interactive session on “Twenty-One Strategies Later: Why is Sustainable Peace and Development in the Sahel Still Elusive?”, in Aswan, Egypt, on 11 December:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks (opening and closing), as prepared for delivery, at the opening session of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development: “The Africa We Want: Sustaining Peace, Security and Development”, in Aswan, Egypt, on 11 December:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Agnes Kalibata of Rwanda as his Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit.
The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1904 on 17 December 2009, by which the Office of the Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da‘esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee was created.