The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today that an estimated 761,000 children were internally displaced by storms in the Caribbean between 2014 and 2018; that’s the hottest five-year period on record. This is an increase of 600,000, compared to the 175,000 children displaced in the preceding five years.
Upholding the credibility of the Security Council will be the focus of that organ’s United States presidency in December, the country’s Permanent Representative said at a Headquarters press conference today.
Landlocked developing countries still face significant hurdles in trade, infrastructure and financing, and risk falling short of development targets, delegates heard today as they concluded the Midterm Review of the Vienna Programme of Action aimed at helping the world’s 32 inland countries surmount their geographic constraints.
On 25 November 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held its seventh informal consultations of the year.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least 58 people died after a vessel from the Gambia carrying some 150 migrants sank as it approached Mauritania, while 83 others who swam ashore are receiving medical assistance. IOM is providing first aid kits and blankets to those injured.
The sixtieth meeting of the Panel of External Auditors, chaired by Gareth Davies, Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, was held from 2‑3 December 2019 at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany. The Panel consists of the Heads of 11 Supreme Audit Institutions who are either elected or selected to conduct the external audit of the United Nations Secretariat, funds and programmes and specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The meeting was attended by representatives from Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ghana, Philippines, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United Republic of Tanzania as an observer.
Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the General Assembly comprehensive midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action on Landlocked Developing Countries:
The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the Pierre Mauroy Institute Symposium, held in Paris today, is not available in English. For the French text, please see: www.un.org/press/fr/2019/sgsm19897.doc.htm.
Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message for the Bali Democracy Forum: “Democracy and Inclusivity”, in Bali today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inaugural session of the conference on “Sustainable Development, Sustainable Debt”, co‑organized by Senegal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Dakar today:
