In progress at UNHQ

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

The Secretary-General condemned the attack in Mali which killed two peacekeepers and injured two others after their vehicle — an armoured personnel carrier — hit an improvised explosive device outside of the town of Douentza.  Despite such challenging circumstances, United Nations personnel are continuing their mandated work.

Organization’s Development System Needs Responsive Capacity to Prevent ‘Cascade’ into Multiple Crises, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Executive Boards

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Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN-Women and the World Food Programme (WFP) today:

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Welcomes Positive Developments In Democratic Republic of Congo

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The Security Council today welcomed the recent positive political developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region and the convening of the second Regional Heads of State Conclave on the Democratic Republic of Congo in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21 April.

Financing for Environment Must Be Massively Scaled Up to Reverse Harmful Business Trends, Speakers Say as Stockholm+50 Leadership Dialogue Concludes

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STOCKHOLM, 3 June — Financing for environmental action must be massively scaled up, diversified and quickly disbursed if countries are to stand a chance in reversing the business and policy trends that have long degraded their natural ecosystems, delegates said today during the third and last leadership dialogue held alongside the Stockholm+50 international meeting.