Happening now! Lively 🇰🇼🇦🇹 Open House Discussion with academia, think tanks and Member States on how #SecurityCouncilReform can and should be featured at the Summit for the Future!

Spoke to FM Bou Habib in light of dangerous developments in the Middle East. Underlined our strong support for #Lebanon ‘s stability and the need to avoid a regional escalation. Reiterated our commitment to @UNIFIL - it is imperative to ensure the peacekeepers’ safety.

On behalf of EU Member States, I condemn in the strongest terms the Iranian attacks against Israel and call on all parties to exercise utmost restraint.

I just spoke to Iran’s FM Abdollahian to convey these messages & urge Iran not to escalate further.

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Disappointing to see Russia’s #UNSC #veto obstructing vital non-proliferation efforts. With a worrying rise in veto usage, enhancing the General Assembly's role in resolving these impasses is imperative. #VetoInitiative #NonProliferation

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🚨🗓️Tuesday, 16 April 2024!

Kuwait 🇰🇼 and Austria 🇦🇹 are organizing an in-person, open house discussion on: Unpacking the Pact for Security Council Reform!
For more information 👉bmeia.gv.at/oev-new-york

#UNSCReform #SummitOfTheFuture #PactForTheFuture

In this week’s resumed session of the UNGA Legal Committee Austria 🇦🇹, supported the early convening of a diplomatic conference to adopt an international convention on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity and offered to host such a conference in Vienna. #CaH 🇺🇳⚖️

Important week for international law: 🇺🇳UNGA Legal Cttee discusses a draft convention on crimes against humanity.

🇪🇺EU & its Member States support the convention and call on everyone to work on opening negotiations.
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Happy 27/3! Everyday, and particularly on 27/3, 🇦🇹 honors Chapter 27(3) of the UNCharter, which states that #UNSC members shall abstain from voting if they are a “party to a dispute”. We must ensure the full & consistent application of this important provision. #RespectTheCharter

.United Nations Peacekeepers are #NotATarget . They are dedicated people, leaving their families behind to serve for peace. Today at the Group of Friends meeting, I reiterated the need to collectively ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. #A4P

👏An inspiring chapter came to a close on Friday when the conclusions for #CSW68 were adopted - a global commitment to gender equality & women's empowerment.

For a better, more inclusive and equal 🌍, let us now turn insights into action! #InvestInWomen

Reason for a full house on Friday⁉️

Productive brainstorming meeting with Member States to ensure the Intergovernmental Negotiations ( #UNSC Reform) offer a meaningful, action-oriented input to the #PactForTheFuture .

Great to participate at ICRC NYU Law #IHL Seminar on Autonomous Weapons Systems. On 29-30 April, 🇦🇹 will host the int’l #AWS 2024 conference to discuss the challenges of #AWS & address the urgency to regulate AI-driven autonomy in weaponry. Registration👉AWS2024.at

📣Happening right now! Follow the discussions live by clicking on the link below 👇

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#InvestInWomen #CSW68

Women's financial empowerment is transformative.

I urged policymakers to advance gender-responsive financial education from childhood to adulthood with urgency and commitment.

With thanks to Austria UN and Denmark in UN NY🇩🇰 for convening this engaging dialogue at #CSW68 .

🚨Come join us this Thursday, March 21st for a panel discussion on a crucial topic: Women's Participation in Recovery and Reconstruction Efforts.

In-person RSVP 👉 tinyurl.com/4zyb84e8
Online📺👉 webtv.un.org/en

#InvestInWomen #CSW68

We welcome the adoption of the 2024 #C34 Special Committee’s Report on Peacekeeping Operations! The results will enhance peacekeeping and reaffirm its vital role in the 🇺🇳 toolbox.
🇦🇹 priorities included:
🔹Protection of civilians
🔹Peacekeepers’ Safety & Security
🔹Partnerships

Joint Press Stakeout by Permanent Representative of Ukraine to United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya 🇺🇦 on behalf of 🇺🇦,🇦🇱,🇦🇩,🇦🇷,🇦🇺,🇦🇹,🇧🇪,🇧🇦,🇧🇬,🇨🇦,🇨🇱,🇨🇷,🇭🇷,🇨🇾,🇨🇿,🇩🇰,🇪🇪,🇫🇮,🇫🇷,🇬🇪,🇩🇪,🇬🇷,🇭🇺,🇮🇸,🇮🇪,🇮🇱,🇮🇹,🇯🇵,🇱🇻,🇱🇷,🇱🇮,🇱🇹,🇱🇺,🇲🇹,🇲🇭,🇲🇨,🇲🇪,🇳🇱,🇳🇿,🇲🇰,🇳🇴,🇵🇼,🇵🇱,🇵🇹,🇰🇷,🇲🇩,🇷🇴,🇸🇲,🇸🇰,🇸🇮,🇪🇸,🇸🇪,🇨🇭,🇬🇧,🇺🇸,🇺🇾&🇪🇺15 March 2024

Today the EU joined U.S. Mission to the UN and ~70 UN Member States to call for a 🇺🇳General Assembly resolution on seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence systems for sustainable development.

We urge all UN Member States to co-sponsor & support adoption.