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ARMED FORCES
Features
Canada: Changing the culture of masculine security institutions
In order to identify and remove barriers that may prevent women from contributing their full potential to the country's protection efforts, Canada established the Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture in April 2021. Led by a three-star General, the new structure seeks to nurture an inclusive culture across the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Audio Languages: English, French, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Uruguay: Caretaking support helps promote women's participation in armed forces
With United Nations support, Uruguay works to reduce the barriers that household constraints and gender roles place on women and impact their ability to participate in security and defence institutions. Providing integrated childcare systems or granting scholarships to single-parent households to pay for childcare in case of peacekeeping deployment are some of the measures aimed at making the Uruguayan Armed Forces more inclusive and effective.
Audio Languages: English, Spanish, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Ghana: Women in the military break the glass ceiling
As far back as 1958, the year the first female officer joined the Ghana Armed Forces a year after the country's independence, the number of uniformed women has grown exponentially. Lately, Ghana has sought to promote women in leadership and military operations, creating opportunities for more women to thrive in all branches of the Army and as UN peacekeepers.
Audio Languages: English, Original
25 March 2024
Security Council
Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 9416th meeting
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Sudan.
Audio Languages: English, Original, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
13 September 2023
Press Conferences
Sudan Situation - Press Conference
Press conference by Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR Regional Bureau Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes and Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Sudan Situation, on the needs and challenges faced by people displaced by the conflict in the region.
Audio Languages: English
22 August 2023
Security Council
The Situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9393rd Meeting
The Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) efforts to organize the next round of consultations with Syria continue to be unsuccessful, a senior official of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council, stressing that full cooperation by Damascus is essential to closing its chemical weapons file.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
8 August 2023
Security Council
Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 9375th Meeting
History Is at Risk of Repeating, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Tells Security Council, Urging Accountability for New Crimes in Darfur.
Audio Languages: Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
13 July 2023
Security Council
The Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, 9361st Meeting
The Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, 9361st Meeting
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
27 June 2023