The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 resumed session today, recommending 2 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 93 others. The Committee also rejected, by a recorded vote, the application of five organizations for consultative status.
Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity and insecurity, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned today. Over 7 million under the age of 5 remain malnourished and over 1.9 million are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition.
United Nations Peacekeeping is marking its 75th anniversary by participating in a special Inside Out art activation in New York’s historic Times Square to celebrate all those who work together in the cause of global peace.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s commencement address, as prepared for delivery, to the Tufts University Class of 2023, in Boston, United States, today:
The continuing military hostilities in Sudan that began on 15 April between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces could have dire consequences for both the country, its people and the region, briefers told the Security Council today, as the members of the 15-nation organ voiced support for the recent seven-day truce, which aims to safeguard civilians and provide humanitarian access.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Health Assembly, held in Geneva today:
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 resumed session today, recommending that the Economic and Social Council grant special consultative status to 12 entities, while postponing consideration of 31 others.
The Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks will be resumed from 22 to 26 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold the 2023 Pacific Regional Seminar in Bali, Indonesia, from 24 to 26 May within the framework of the fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030).
