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.
Transformative care-led strategies, gender-responsive budgeting and greater investments in social services are vital for empowering women and promoting gender equality, panellists told the Commission on the Status of Women today, highlighting the need for changes in the international financial architecture.
With geopolitical tensions escalating the risk of nuclear warfare to its highest point in decades, reducing and abolishing nuclear weapons is the only viable path to save humanity, the UN chief told the Security Council, as delegates expressed deep concern about the continuous erosion of the international non-proliferation architecture.
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs reports that an attack earlier today hit residential areas of Odesa, a city with a population of some 1 million people, causing destruction and multiple civilian casualties.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, observed on 15 March:
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.
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.
The new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, Ricardo Ernesto Lagorio, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
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.
