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Source: United Nations (video statements)

With their new, specialized personal protective equipment, Zambian women peacekeepers serving with MINUSCA, the UN mission in the Central African Republic, are able to carry out their mandated tasks more comfortably and safely.
The "Women’s Body Armor Quadrilateral Pilot Project", launched in 2023 by the U.S., Netherlands, Ghana, and Zambia, is a $3 million initiative that tests properly fitting body armor for women peacekeepers to improve safety and operational effectiveness.

Ahead of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, we recognize the vital role of women peacekeepers in advancing protection, security, and stability around the world.

To #InvestInPeace, we must invest in women.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKDqXssDIx4

Source: United Nations (video statements)

A landmark gathering of more than 57,000 participants – the largest in the history of the World Urban Forum – closed on Friday in Baku with an urgent call to rethink how the world houses its people, as a new roadmap urges governments, cities and communities to act collectively on a crisis affecting billions. UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed warned that the Forum was taking place at a difficult moment for global cooperation. The housing crisis sits at the crossroads of nearly every major global challenge – from poverty and inequality to climate change, conflict and instability.

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Source: United Nations (video statements)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarks to the press Tokyo, in Japan, followed by Q&A.

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Source: United Nations (video statements)

Recently returned from a visit to Gaza, Dr. Renee Van de Weerdt, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, briefs reporters in Geneva about the dire humanitarian situation marked by continuing violence. Dr. Van de Weerd highlights the work of national humanitarian colleagues who cannot leave Gaza, continuing to support communities amid collapsing health services, daily danger, and increasingly difficult living conditions.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dNAwqu9mDxI

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Briefing by Ted Chaiban, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on threats to international peace and security.
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Also briefing the Council, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban said:
“The need for this discussion could not be more urgent. The war in Ukraine continues to rage and devastate children’s lives. According to reports, last night drone strikes hit a dormitory housing at least 86 adolescents aged 14-18, in the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region. The attack reportedly left six dead and dozens of others injured, including children. It is too early to know the full extent of the casualties, as we understand rescue operations are still unfolding. This is yet another example of children paying the price for a war that is not of their own making. According to verified UN data, more than 3,400 children have now been killed or injured since the escalation of the war in 2022.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_qe_x8xpE

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Briefing by Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, on threats to international peace and security.
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Also briefing the Council, Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, said, “When schools are damaged or destroyed, the consequences extend far beyond the immediate loss of infrastructure, sometimes of life too.”

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