The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with UN Women on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 25th anniversary commemoration taking place in 2020.
Speakers were:
Åsa Regnér, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships Bureau, UN Women
Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women
Christine Brautigam, Director, Intergovernmental Support Division, UN Women
To mark the upcoming anniversary, UN Women launched its new multigenerational campaign, “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future”.
MEDIA ADVISORY HERE and Press Briefing VIDEO below.
Some 47 UN member countries condemned #Russia’s abysmal human rights record & called for greater UN scrutiny. @hrw's @philippe_dam: "Since #Russia invaded Ukraine Feb 24, human rights in Russia have not just been eroded, they’ve been obliterated." hrw.org/news/2022/06/2…
.@UNLibyan ambo says since 2011, initiatives have focused on political, military & economic tracks, but ignored national reconciliation. Urges @_AfricanUnion to start reconciliation track & #UN to support it, says without it won't succeed.
Frustrated with #UNSC obstruction on appointment of new @UNSMILibya Special Representative @UNLibyan ambo says #Libya should be consulted before #UNSC on candidate. Adds external interference & SC divisions real cause for the failure of all previous missions, regardless of head.
Britain Sets a Precedent That Worries the UN Refugee Agency passblue.com/2022/06/27/bri…
#UNSC will meet Tuesday 3pm (NY time) at #Ukraine's request to discuss #Russia's latest strikes, including on the shopping mall in #Kremenchuk on Monday. #Russian Missiles Hit Shopping Center in Central #Ukrainian City voanews.com/a/russian-miss…
The U.N. Security Council will meet on Tuesday at 3pm at the request of #Ukraine following intensified Russian strikes and the attack on the shopping mall. reuters.com/world/europe/r…
#US Urges #Israelis, #Palestinians to Calm Tensions Ahead of #Biden Visit voanews.com/a/us-urges-isr…
Zelensky asks for Western help to push Russia out of Ukraine by year end Ukrainian president’s appeal to the G-7 comes as the group’s leaders float new sanctions against Moscow wsj.com/articles/g-7-e…
#UN SecGen names Judge Graciela Susana Gatti Santana of #Uruguay as president of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term starting July 1. @UruguayONU
Shackled and looking wary, @WNBA star #BrittneyGriner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. apnews.com/article/russia…
.@UN_Spokesperson says civilian infrastructure should never be targeted. "Any attack that hits a shopping mall is utterly deplorable." #Ukraine twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/s…
Large shopping mall in Kremenchuk with hundreds of civilians inside has been hit by a Russian strike. Russia is a disgrace to humanity and it must face consequences. The response should be more heavy arms for Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia, and more businesses leaving Russia. pic.twitter.com/Uvi6fbyShK
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) June 27, 2022
Russia Misses Bond Deadline, Signaling Its First Default on Foreign Debt Since 1918 nytimes.com/2022/06/26/bus…