Today, Michelle Bachelet, ED of UN Women, announced a new peacebuilding initiative that will boost women’s roles in conflict resolution.
"...resources needed to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of victims of sexual violence in the DRC are at best inadequate, and at worst nonexistent."
"Alain Le Roy and Yury Fedotov launched the UNODC and DPKO Joint Plan of Action, designed to strengthen the agencies’ partnership...on integrating drugs and crime control into peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions."
The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned authorities in Yemen against any violent repression against planned protests today.
Today through Friday, March 4, the second PrepCom of the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty will be held in NY.
According to a new report released by UNICEF today, investing in the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 now can break entrenched cycles of poverty and inequality.
"Tonight, the SG will attend the celebration of the launch of UN Women, where he plans to emphasize his support for the new agency and underline the UN’s commitment in investing in women..."
On Thursday, DSG Asha-Rose Migiro will travel to Kuwait from to represent the SG at the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait.
"Yesterday Margot Wallstrom welcomed the conviction of several army officers in the northeastern part of the DRC, noting that the military not only reacted swiftly but also conducted the legal proceedings fairly"