The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2022 session today, recommending 3 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 31 others, pending their response to additional questions posed by Committee members.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nicolas de Rivière (France):
The General Assembly adopted four consensus resolutions today on global health, zero-tolerance for sexual abuse and justice for victims of sexual violence, with the latter surviving four separate attempts to alter its language around multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against women and girls.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2022 session today, recommending 4 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 95 others, pending their response to additional questions posed by Committee members.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today said that world food commodity prices dipped for a fifth month in a row. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 138 points in August, down 1.9 per cent from July although remaining 7.9 per cent above its value a year before.
The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the fourth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Iraq (S/2022/46), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Miklos Gaspar of Hungary as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mr. Gaspar assumed his duties on 2 September.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs of Costa Rica as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
During its resumed 2022 session today, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations recommended that the Economic and Social Council grant special consultative status to 46 entities, while deferring action on 85 others — with delegates requesting that they provide additional information on their financial statements, present or past activities, or guarantees of how they maintain independence when using Government funds.
