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The NGO CSW69 Consultation Day serves as the pivotal kick-off event for the NGO CSW Forum. We are excited to bring together a distinguished lineup of speakers. This includes Member States and representatives from UN Entities for a high-level panel, as well as individuals who were integral to the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on women.

During his visit to New York TRNC President Ersin Tatar’s Special Representative, Ergün Olgun, met with Ambassador Anna Evstigneeva, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation.  He also met Miroslav Jenča, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations…

The Security Council briefings from mission heads, check out the UNSCAD Field Missions dashboard to learn about the mandates of special political missions and United Nations Peacekeeping operations.

This event will showcase that ending and preventing violations against children in armed conflict is not only a moral imperative but can also build sustainable peace. The event will build support for the Special Representative's strategic focus on prevention and will hear ways in which Member States, civil society and others contribute to building peace through the implementation of the children in armed conflict agenda and related prevention initiatives.

With remarks by: Michael Møller, Director-General of UN Office at Geneva H.E. Amb. Geert Muylle, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva H.E. Amb. Ricardo González Arenas, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations in Geneva Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Messeh Leone, Advocate for children affected by war, from Sierra Leone Nathalie Ben Zakour Man, Senior Child Protection Advisor and Field Advocate, United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Jean-François Basse, UNICEF Hichem Khadhraoui, Director of Operations, Geneva Call Erica Hall, World Vision.

The United Nations General Assembly concluded its debate on the Secretary-General’s priorities for 2022, as delegates called for strengthened international cooperation and multilateralism as key to achieving those strategic objectives.

Today’s discussion followed a meeting in which the U.N. Secretary-General called upon countries to mobilize against a “five-alarm global fire”, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, an unprincipled global financial system, lawlessness in cyberspace and a rise in violent conflict (See Press Release GA/12401).

Resuming the debate, Cuba’s representative said the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains the road map for fair socioeconomic development for all States, calling on Member States to defend multilateralism and reject coercive measures, such as the one imposed by the United States.  Drawing attention to the right to development, he stressed that it must be promoted with the same force the international community applies to other human rights.

Azerbaijan’s delegate described the central role of the United Nations in promoting global solidarity, multilateralism and common efforts as the most effective means to achieve sustainable development and human rights.  Agreeing on the need to confront vaccine nationalism, he said his country has mobilized resources to ensure equitable vaccine access for all States.

Along the same lines, Haiti’s delegate commended the Organization’s contributions to peace and socioeconomic progress, stating:  “Despite its weaknesses, how can we imagine the world without superstructures such as the United Nations?”

Timor-Leste’s representative urged the entire international community to cooperate and fulfil commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change and support developing countries’ efforts to address the issue by providing financial resources and technical support.

Wrapping up the debate, the Assembly took note of the U.N. Secretary-General’s annual report on the work of the Organization (document A/76/1).

Also speaking today were the representatives of Tajikistan, Peru, Myanmar, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Philippines and India.