A photo exhibit by Vincent Tremeau, featuring the hopes and dreams of girls trapped in crises around the world, opened on 29 Jul at UN Headquarters
Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya
Addressing a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, Mohammed said, “in the first five months of this year, more than 100,000 people were displaced by conflict, and we know displacement increases the risk of gender-based violence in all areas.”
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan and her recent visit to the country together with the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
After spending last five years fighting for and supporting opposition forces in the Unity region of South Sudan, the young men are facing the challenge of reintegration into their communities and the authorities need to ensure that they are given the support they need so that they don’t return to the armed forces, including access to education
Despite the challenges faced, Nyanduga noted that the Federal Government of Somalia and the country’s Federal Member States were enhancing access to basic human rights, including health, water and education for the residents and praised the increasing enrolment of girls in schools as a good development for the realization of women’s rights in Somalia
In Bairro Unidade Resettlement Area, the WFP is distributing food to displaced people who lost their homes in Cyclone Idai. Around 300 cyclone displaced families currently live in the camp. They are given small plots to grow food and many have restarted their businesses and trade
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Nabeela F. Tunis, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone
CHRI fact sheet shows Iran is the world leader in executions of juvenile offenders; at least 7 were executed in 2018 and over 90 are currently on death row
The United Nations says Zimbabwe’s food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency. It says a majority of the population is food insecure because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown