Latest in Tag: UN Highlight
Latest in Tag: UN
Egypt re-elected to UN Peacebuilding Commission for a two-year term
He said that this election reflects Egyptâs long-standing contributions to peace-building efforts in Africa, including during Egyptâs chairing of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2021, when it represented the continent.
Conflicts and insecurity remain âmajor bottlenecksâ to achieving UN global goals
Convened by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Peace Building Commission (PBC) participants set out to promote greater international coherence and resilience in support of communities living in conflict-affected States.
UN marks advent of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
Celebrating the day, 11 UN entities released a joint press statement kicking off the UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls Campaign in which they noted that an estimated one in three women experience gender-based violence during their lifetime.
UN calls on governments to increase funding by 50 % to womenâs rights organizations and movements by 2026.
Guterres said on his message on the the International Day for the Elimination of Voilence against women that voilence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world.Â
FM Shoukry receives special representative of UN Secretary General to Libya
All foreign troops, mercenaries must leave Libya: Shoukry
Egypt’s UN mission rejects OHCHR request to release political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
The Egyptian Mission stressed that the OHCHR statement deliberately undermines the independence of judiciary and the rule of law as an indispensable cornerstone for the protection and promotion of human rights, and considered the description of a judicial decision as “unfair” and an unacceptable insult.
UN calls for joint efforts to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in South Sudan
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN children’s fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) said almost 65 percent of the population, or 7.74 million people are severely food insecure with 2.9 million of those on the cusp of starvation and another 87,000 in famine-like conditions.
UN chief calls for action to make Africa succeed
The world must see Africa for what it is: a land of enormous potential and resources, he told the inaugural meeting of the Global African Business Initiative (GABI). “Guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, we can and must shift the paradigm.”
FM Shoukry meets his portugese counterpart on sidelines of UN General Assembly
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the talks reflected the distinguished relations that unite the two countries, which are manifested in the existing cooperation in the field of education, represented by the opening of the Portuguese university in the New Administrative Capital.
CCCPA concludes pre-deployment training for 1st batch of Egyptian female military contingents joining UN peacekeeping
The training aimed to build the capacities of 30 Egyptian female military contingents to be deployed in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
Shoukry heads to New York to participate in high-level segment of UN General Assembly
In a statement, Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointed out that the UN General Assembly is being held this year in special international circumstances under the title “A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interrelated Challenges”.
Irrigation Minister discusses cooperation with UN Resident Coordinator
Sweilam pointed out the suffering of many countries of the world as a result of the increasing and clear effects of climate change on the water sector, which has become a reality we are witnessing in many extreme weather phenomena around the world.
Armed Forces to hold training course for women participating in UN peacekeeping mission
The session is a continuation of Egyptâs role in supporting security and stability within Africa and its active participation in the peacekeeping forces of many countries.
UN praises success of womenâs rights in Egypt over past years
She congratulated all Egyptian women on what has been achieved so far and all the glass barriers that have been broken, stressing that this progress is noticeable in all areas.
Egypt, AL welcome appointment of new Special Representative of UN to Libya
The two partiesâ statements wished Bathily success in his mission to achieve a breakthrough and solve the challenges facing Libya based on the relevant Security Council resolutions and international references.
US warns Libyan leaders and foreign forces of UN sanctions
These remarks came in a speech by First Adviser for Special Political Affairs at the US Mission to the UN Jeffrey DeLaurentis before the Security Council on Wednesday.
Violent clashes in Tripoli, both UN, US call for de-escalation
Witnesses said the clashes erupted in downtown Tripoli amid a political crisis over control of the Libyan government that has seen armed groups increasingly mass around the capital in recent weeks.
Bassant Hemida named ambassador for UN youth initiative âShabab BaladâÂ
Shabab Balad was successfully launched under auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi last January
Egypt, UN commemorate 5th International Day of Remembrance, Tribute to Victims of Terrorism
The United Nations published on Sunday a touching letter from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to mark this occasion.
UN, Italy ink deal to repair Beirut train station, blast-affected housing
  The agreement, which is estimated to be worth 2.3 million euros (2.37 million U.S. dollars), was signed between the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
UN chief calls for action in 5 areas to strengthen Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The first area is to urgently reinforce and reaffirm the 77-year-old norm against the use of nuclear weapons, he told the opening of the 10th NPT Review Conference at the UN headquarters in New York.
UN chief outraged after peacekeepers kill two in DRC
In Kasindi, North Kivu province in the northeastern DRC, military personnel of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) opened fire at residents on Sunday.
COP27âs Presidency, UN, HLC for Egypt launch initiative to catalyse investments for climate projects
Five major regional roundtables will be held to enhance investments in climate action
UN political affairs chief warns of bleak prospects for ending Russia-Ukraine conflict
Ambassadors were briefed by the UN political affairs chief, who pointed to the recent agreement on the safe resumption of grain exports via the Black Sea as a bright light in the conflict, though acknowledging the dim prospects for peace.
UN adviser calls for meeting between Libya rival officials to resolve differences regarding elections
Williams revealed some of the topics she discussed with Al-Mishri, including: “condemning the terrible violence that broke out overnight in Tripoli, which led to the death of a number of civilians and injured others, including children,” according to a statement on Saturday.
UN chief calls for new path of people living in harmony with nature
The UN chief made the remarks in a video message to a high-level thematic debate of the General Assembly entitled “Moment for Nature”.
Egypt, UN hold second meeting of Joint Platform for Migrants and Refugees in Egypt
On this occasion, the platform launched a joint report titled âCommon Situational Analysis on Education and Health Services for Migrants and Refugees in Egypt.â
World must match Africaâs ambitions with resources to develop bold climate action: UN Chief at Aswan Forum
âAs you gather for this forum, the people of Africa are facing unprecedented and multidimensional crises:Â an economic crisis sparked by COVID-19 and deepened by the skyrocketing price of food, fuel and fertilizers resulting from Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine; a crisis of unequal access to vaccines to protect people from the virus; a financial crisis, with countries unable to access debt relief or finances to recover; a crisis of instability, terrorism and conflict; and â as this yearâs theme reminds us â a climate crisis,â he explained.
UN urges scale-up in resources to avert famine in Somalia
“The humanitarian situation in Somalia continues to deteriorate rapidly. Already 1.5 million children below the age of five are malnourished, and we expect that 356,000 of these may not survive through the end of September this year,” Abdelmoula said in a statement issued on Monday evening in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Egyptian Armed Forces, UN condemn terrorist attack on peacekeepers in Mali
Two Egyptian officers were killed in attack