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

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Najat Maalla M’jid presented her annual report to the Human Rights Council today, which highlights an alarming rise in child trafficking. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), children now represent 38 per cent of detected victims.

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

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN, its humanitarian partners and the Congolese Government today launched in Kinshasa, the 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan seeking $2.5 billion to provide life-saving assistance and protection for more than 11 million people, including 7.8 million internally displaced.

ORG/1746

At Least Five Peacekeeping, Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks during 2024, United Nations Staff Union Committee Says

At least five United Nations personnel — four military peacekeeping personnel and one civilian UN security coordination officer — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2024, the United Nations Staff Union Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service said today. By nationality, the UN personnel who died in 2024 were from Cameroon (1), Ghana (1), India (1) Pakistan (1) and Uganda (1).

ORG/1745

Independent Audit Advisory Committee Holds Sixty-Ninth Session, 17-19 February

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its sixty-ninth session from 17 to 19 February at United Nations Headquarters in New York and was presided over by the Chair, Anton Kosyanenko. All the other members of the Committee — namely, Suresh Sharma, Vice-Chair; Dorothy Bradley; and Jeanette Franzel — were in attendance.

ORG/1744

Independent Audit Advisory Committee Holds Sixty-Eighth Session, 3-6 December

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its sixty-eighth session from 3 to 6 December, via hybrid format at the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Berne, Switzerland. The session was held under the shadows of the recent tragic loss of the Chair, Mr. Imran Vanker. The rest of the members of the Committee, namely Mr. Anton Kosyanenko, Vice Chairman; Ms. Dorothy Bradley; Mr. Suresh Sharma; Ms. Jeanette Franzel; and Mr. Moses Bamuwamye, Executive Secretary, were in attendance.

ORG/1743

Meeting of Panel of External Auditors, 9-10 December

The Panel of External Auditors’ sixty-fourth session, chaired by Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Cour des comptes, was held from 9 to 10 December 2024 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris.