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The United Nations’ acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday she was “quite optimistic” that ongoing talks between the warring sides would lead to a lasting ceasefire after they agreed in the negotiations to reopen land and air routes across front lines.
A resolution adopted by the council Friday by a 15-0 vote emphasised the "invaluable role” that education plays in providing "life-saving spaces” and its contribution to achieving peace and security.
Half the Afghan children under age five are at risk of acute malnutrition and there is an outbreak of measles in every single province which is "a red light” and "the canary in the mine” for what’s happening in society, he said.
With schools closed, high demand for volunteer work, and the absence of men, women's unpaid care burden has increased significantly.
According to police, the package was discovered around 10:45am outside the Turkish Consulate, located near the UN Headquarters on First Avenue in Turtle Bay.
This victory is the culmination of the UAE's tireless efforts to strengthen human rights and freedoms and affirms the importance it places on human rights in achieving sustainable development on the regional and international levels.
Mary-Ellen McGroarty, World Food Programme Afghanistan director, said the country's economy is on the brink of collapse and a humanitarian crisis has "escalated and magnified at an incredible pace" over the past few weeks.
“The response to Covid and to the financial aspects [of the crisis] has been fragmented, and geopolitical divides are not helping,” Guterres told the FT.
Last week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of UN resolutions that ban such launches by North Korea. The UN Security Council subsequently adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of UN experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea.
The Southeast Asian country has been plunged into turmoil since the military overthrew and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb.1, with daily protests and strikes that have choked business and paralysed administration.