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Leymah R. Gbowee (right at table), 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, briefs the Security Council meeting on Women and peace and security on the theme “Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000)”. At left is Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women.Mathu Joyini (centre), Chair of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and Permanent Representative of South Africa, chairs the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (6 to 17 March 2023). The priority theme for the 67th session is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.Toure Mandjale and Gukpo Zohou, from Cote d’Ivoire, attend the observance of International Women’s Day 2023 on the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The event brings together technologists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and gender equality activists to provide an opportunity to highlight the role of all stakeholders in improving access to digital tools and be followed by a high-level panel discussion and musical performances.Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (centre left) briefs reporters during a closing press conference during the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, Qatar. With her are, from left to right, Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States; Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi; and Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations.A view of the Empire State Building through the glass doors at UN Headquarters.A detailed view as Pedro Comissário Afonso, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nation and President of the Security Council for the month of March, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Security Council unanimously adopted resolutions 2678 (2023) extending until 17 March 2024 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as well as 2679 (2023) on Afghanistan.Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy (centre left), President of Ukraine. Mr. Guterres is in Kyiv, Ukraine, to negotiate the continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal between Ukraine and Russia brokered last year to allow for the export of grain from both countries.A view of participants attending a briefing by Secretary-General António Guterres (not pictured) on "Our Common Agenda policy briefs for the Summit of the Future".The fifteen-member organ of the United Nations Economic and Social Council prepares recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, civil, social and educational fields. The agenda for the present session includes methods of educating new women voters on the use of franchise; economic rights for women; and cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO); educational opportunities for women; and prevention of discrimination on grounds of sex. Alice Kandalft Cosma, Syria, right, stops to talk to Begum Hamid Ali of India, before the opening of the Second Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.Irene Montero, Minister of Equality of Spain, briefs reporters on the sidelines of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (left), Foreign Minister of Pakistan, briefs reporters on the outcome of the Women in Islam Conference and Commemoration of the First International Day to Combat Islamophobia, on the sidelines of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). At right is Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.Matt Damon (front) and Gary White, co-founders of the organization Water.org are interviewed by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications. Water.org is an international nonprofit organization that helps people living in poverty get access to safe water and improved sanitation through affordable financing.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.The Commission on the Status of Women held its twenty-fifth session from 14 January to 1 February 1974 to consider various measures and programmes for the advancement of women and their integration on development. It recommended, among other things, that measures be taken to ensure that the legal rights of married women are equal to men's; that work on a Draft Convention on Discrimination against Women be resumed in 1976; that adequate information be given to parents wishing to decide freely on the number and spacing of their children; and that a world conference be convened during International Women's Year, 1975, to consider these matters further. It also adopted a draft resolution about special protection for women and children in armed conflicts. Seen here are three delegates at the session (from left to right): Mrs. Eugenia Stevenson (Liberia), Mrs. Phoebe Asiyo (Kenya) and Miss Taki Fujita (Japan). [Exact date unknown]Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen).Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique and President of the Security Council for the month of March, chairs the Security Council meeting on Women and peace and security on the theme “Towards the 25th anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000)”.Pedro Comissário Afonso (right), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nation and President of the Security Council for the month of March, speaks with delegates ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situations in the Sudan and South Sudan.Secretary-General António Guterres (left at podium) speaks during a Town Hall meeting with Civil Society on the occasion of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Sima Sami Bahous (right at podium), Executive Director of UN-Women, moderates the conversation.Matt Damon (left) and Gary White (right), co-founders of the organization Water.org are interviewed by Melissa Fleming (centre), Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications. Water.org is an international nonprofit organization that helps people living in poverty get access to safe water and improved sanitation through affordable financing.Wrestlers from Yirol, Lakes State and Bor, Jonglei State meet for a friendly competition promoting peaceful coexistence among cattle keepers. The event was organized by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and South Sudan Wrestling Federation and took place in the city of Juba, South Sudan. Children attending the event.Mathu Joyini, Chair of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and Permanent Representative of South Africa, addresses the opening of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (6 to 17 March 2023). The priority theme for the 67th session is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.

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