The Security Council decided today to increase the authorized size of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to enhance its ability to perform its priority mandated tasks “in the current evolving context”.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Linda Thomas-Greenfield (United States):
Extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 March 2022, the Security Council demanded today that all parties to the conflict in that country and other armed actors immediately stop fighting and engage in political dialogue, in accordance with the peace agreement signed in 2018.
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message on the occasion of the launching ceremony of the ICESCO Year of Women 2021, today:
The world is facing multiple conflict-driven famines, aggravated by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, and without immediate action, millions of people — from the Sahel to Afghanistan — could well find themselves on the brink of extreme hunger and death this year, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, warned the Security Council today.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement on the COVID‑19 pandemic, one year on, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the “Only Together” Campaign, held today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council debate on conflict and food security, held today:
While the crisis in Ukraine remains Europe’s most serious security challenge, the COVID-19 pandemic — which was declared as such a year ago this month — has occasioned worrying setbacks for democracy and human rights in the region which cannot go ignored, the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said today, during a videoconference meeting of the Security Council.
Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as delivered, to the Public Discussion with European Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala, on the theme “10 years to go until 2030: Decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals”, held today:
