By a recorded vote of 139 in favour to 12 against with 19 abstentions, the General Assembly today adopted a resolution welcoming the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on Israel’s obligations in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions, the first marking 5 September as an international day for Indigenous women and girls and the second — considered concurrently with a similar text in the Security Council — concerning the annual review of United Nations peacebuilding.
The Security Council today unanimously adopted resolution 2805 (2025) (to be issued as document S/RES/2805(2025)), reaffirming the mandate of the Peacebuilding Commission, acting in parallel with the General Assembly, which adopted an identical text.
The Food and Agriculture Organization today released a report showing that deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade. More than half of forests are now covered by long-term management plans, and one fifth are within legally established protected areas.
The UN is coordinating with humanitarian partners, local non-governmental organizations and provincial and municipal disaster offices in the Philippines following the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Province of Cebu, killing 56 people.
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UN partners continue to deliver aid across the country amid multiple attacks in different parts of Ukraine. These attacks are impacting the energy infrastructure in Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy and Vinnytsa.
Peace operations must be adaptable but grounded in political solutions, nationally owned but well-coordinated across stakeholders, and equipped with emerging technologies to succeed amid global challenges and severe resource constraints, the Security Council heard today during an all-day open debate on the future of UN peace efforts.
The General Assembly today in a joint debate considered the “Report of the Peacebuilding Commission”, “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” and the “Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund”.
Sexual violence against children increased by a shocking 35 per cent over the past year, with incidents of gang-rape rising dramatically, inflicting and enduring generational harm, Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, said today, briefing the Security Council.
A new $7 million cross-border project investing in water management, climate security and peacebuilding in the border areas of Mali, Mauritania and Senegal was approved today for funding by the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund. It is one of the Fund’s largest and will be implemented over the next two years.
