Secretary-General António Guterres meets with the Seventh Advisory Group of his Peacebuilding Fund.

More on the Advisory Group: un.org/peacebuilding/…

The Peacebuilding Fund's Advisory Group meets with the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission to discuss opportunities for enhancing PBF/PBC synergies.

Peacebuilding Fund in Practice: The PBF Advisory Group had a virtual Meeting w/ the UN Resident Coordinator in Chad🇹🇩, Francois Batalingaya and the World Bank Country Manager for Chad, Raşit Pertev, and discussed UN-IFI collaboration.

Today, the General Assembly has spoken loudly and clearly, and adopted a resolution:

➡️determining that the State of Palestine is qualified for membership in the UN in accordance with article 4 of the Charter and should be admitted in the United Nations.

➡️recommending the Security…

#BREAKING
UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution, recommending Security Council reconsider the matter of Palestine’s membership favourably; changing modalities for its participation in meetings

RESULT:
IN FAVOR: 143
AGAINST: 9
ABSTAIN: 25

Full story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Delving into Impact: The Peacebuilding Fund's Advisory Group members were briefed on the forthcoming Thematic Review on #Peacebuilding and #HumanRights
Exploring findings and implications, it's a crucial stride towards informed action for sustainable peace.

#HappeningNow The Fourth Meeting of the Seventh Advisory Group of the Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund.
un.org/peacebuilding/…

#HappeningNow debrief from PBF partner and Advisory Group visit to South Sudan w/ Stephane Rey Amb. Macharia Kamau
at the PBF's 7th Advisory Group meeting chaired by Sara Pantuliano

Good to be back in NYC #PBF Advisory Group. Tragic times for global peace #Sudan #Gaza #Ukraine #DRC Yet funding for global prevention & peace building remains minuscule compared to peace keeping and development.

Attended the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation Conference and Exhibition today. Where I was awarded a national recognition for my contribution to the promotion of science, technology and innovation.

Well, well, looks like the future is coming back to us 🤪😏🤣🤣The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants bbc.com/future/article…

Ross Harkness Exactly, my friend, and social media presents comparison in a way that we all feel bad about ourselves when we shouldn't.

If you watch the NEWS, you may think we're headed for Civil War and the world is in Bad Shape.

That's Bullsh!t

And, here's 10 Charts to Prove it:

1. Child Survival is Up

I love days like this in Nairobi. Its 7:45am and yet its uniformly gray with no Sun in sight. The birds were late to get up and mainly remain quiet and nest bound. It’s damp and wet all round. You can feel the earth is recharging and taking a deep breath! Dunia ina pumua🥹

🎙️ «This is a token of confidence to host #INGSA2024 in #Rwanda , at the heart of Africa. It shows our ambition and will to spearhead evidence-based policies & to participate globally to more effective transnational policy responses.» Edouard Ngirente

#ScienceDiplomacy #SciDip

.Formula 1 If Adrian Newey comes to Ferrari next year then for sure Lewis will win a title before he retires. And rightly so…

Citizen TV Kenya The reason why Singapore, Japan, China and the likes got where they are is because they embraced professionalism over politics and profanity.

.gathara If only life was the perfect black and white canvas. Give me an educated jailer rather than a brute. I remind you of the experience of the haters of the “truly educated and cultured”; the long shadow of death & destruction of Idi Amin Dada &the Khmer Rouge’s Pol Pot.

.gathara As usual no grace or silver lining. It’s all darkness &evil, devoid of any goodness and hope. No nation was built by perfect men or women. Human are all flawed. But of what is good &what we can do to make our positive contribution is the real essence of public service.

#INGSA2025 The application of rigorous scientific advice to government and development practice would have stemmed the tide of climatic horrors that our nation and people are facing. Science is the honest broker and best arbiter of all decisions.