Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
If you look closely when you visit the Palace of Westminster, you can still see traces of suffragette protests.
In 1909, Marjorie Hume and three other suffragettes locked themselves to the statues in St Stephen’s Hall in protest. In the process of removing them, the authorities damaged the spur on Viscount Falkland’s boot.
📸 Viscount Falkland 1610-43, Sculpture by John Bell. UK Parliament, WOA S35.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Ramaphosa delivers closing remarks at the Sixth South Africa Investment Conference
Source: European Commission (video statements)
The European Commission is mobilising €21.5 million in emergency support from the EU agricultural reserve for farmers in Bulgaria, Estonia, and Hungary – hit hard by extreme weather during the 2025 growing season.
Bulgaria – €7.4M | Severe drought &
heatwaves (June-August 2025)
– Estonia – €3.3M I Spring frost & cold, wet growing season
Hungary – €10.8M I Extreme heat & water
shortages
National authorities can complement this support with up to 200% in additional national funding.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
SAIC 2026
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Ramaphosa addresses the Sixth South Africa Investment Conference
Source: United Nations (video statements)
The event will convene iconic women leaders and allies at the forefront of entertainment, science, media, and business to highlight the impact of gender-based violence on the trajectories of women and girls across the globe. This event aims to build powerful coalitions across sectors to end all forms of violence against women and girls.
Join us for a high-level event recognizing trailblazing women worldwide at the close of Women’s History Month.
Together, we will build powerful coalitions to help end violence against women and girls.
Featuring:
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
Audrey Nuna (of HUNTR/X)
Sandra Kwon, Comedian, @jeenieweenie Tatyana McFadden, American Paralympic Athlete
Jessica Sibley, CEO of TIME Magazine
Fereshteh Forough, Founder of Code to Inspire
Amanda Nguyen, Astronaut, Founder & CEO of Rise
Katya Echazarreta, Astronaut
Dr. Sian Proctor, Astronaut
Source: United Nations (video statements)
“Our peacekeepers remain on the ground, carrying out Security Council-mandated tasks, in these extremely dangerous conditions,” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations said.
Briefing reporters in New York Lacroix said two Indonesian peacekeepers were killed earlier in the day when an explosion hit a UNIFIL logistics convoy near Bani Hayyan in Sector East, injuring two more. A day earlier, another Indonesian peacekeeper died in an explosion inside a UNIFIL base in Ett Taibe, also in Sector East, with a second critically wounded and evacuated to Beirut.
“We strongly condemn these unacceptable incidents. Peacekeepers must never be a target,” he said, adding that UNIFIL was investigating to determine the circumstances of the deaths. “All acts that endanger the peacekeepers must stop.”
On violations of resolution 1701, Lacroix said: “We have a multiplicity of violations of resolution 1701,” citing strikes in both directions across the Blue Line as well as the presence of Israeli forces in Lebanon. “There cannot be a military solution. There has to be a political solution. The framework is there for a political solution – resolution 1701 – to which all the parties are still committed, to the best of what we hear from them.”
Lacroix said the mission was in constant contact with Indonesia and that liaison with the IDF remained ongoing, “which enables UNIFIL to deconflict a number of movements, for example, for the resupply of positions or for support to the civilian population in the area.”
He reiterated the Secretary-General’s appeal to all sides to cease the fighting, saying only the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 by both parties would “enable a long-term solution to the conflict.”
The USG also said, “The women and men of UNIFIL demonstrate utmost courage and commitment to advancing international peace and security far away from home.”
Source: United Nations (video statements)
An explosion killed two UNIFIL peacekeepers from Indonesia in south Lebanon on Monday.
UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix strongly condemned the deadly incidents and told journalists in New York that the origin of the explosion has not been determined. The UN is investigating the incidents to determine the circumstances of these tragic developments.
UNIFIL Spokesperson, Kandice Ardiel, sais the ‘the situation is extremely volatile, extremely dangerous’ amid continuing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah fighters on either side of the Blue Line.
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Clearing mines laid at sea can be an ‘extremely challenging and very dangerous’ undertaking according to Paul Heslop, an expert with the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) which focuses on clearing land-based mines.
It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)
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