The 2020 edition of the Highlights of Security Council Practice is now available on the Security Council website.

Après 13 ans au Darfour, la MINUAD (Opération hybride Union africaine-Nations Unies au Darfour) cesse ses opérations le 31 décembre 2020, à l’expiration du mandat confié par le Conseil de sécurité.

After 13 years in Darfur, the United Nations - African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) ceased its operations on 31 December as its Security Council mandate expired.

If COVID-19 has shown us one thing, it is that crisis can hit at any time, in any place. Being prepared is key. Each year, the UN Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC), in cooperation with the Norwegian Defence International Centre (NODEFIC), holds a Field Crisis Management course to train mid- and senior-level personnel involved in crisis management in field missions.

The #Youth4Disarmament initiative has been recognized as the Best Coalition Building Project of 2020 by a Billion Acts of Peace. The initiative was nominated along with eleven other inspiring projects, chosen from more than eight million Acts for Peace.

To mark the Geospatial Information Systems Day, celebrated on 18 November, the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) launched the new United Nations Geospatial website at www.un.org/geospatial.

The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is pleased to announce the launch of UN Crypto Stamps – connecting a new generation of United Nations stamps with blockchain technology. The stamps in the denominations of $7.75, CHF 8 and €7 feature a unique design of the UN Headquarters Buildings in New York, Geneva and Vienna, and were printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé of The Netherlands.

Quelque que soit le media que nous consultons, nous entendons ou lisons souvent des reportages sur le Conseil de sécurité. Les discussions houleuses et passionnées dans la salle du Conseil, les résolutions historiques sur les points importants touchant au développement, à la paix et la sécurité dans le monde, font souvent la Une.

Whether we are scrolling through our digital newsfeeds, watching TV or reading newspapers, we are bound to hear or read about the United Nations Security Council. Heated discussions in the Council chamber or, more recently, in open videoconferences, as well as historic resolutions on important developments affecting peace and security around the world, often make headlines.

Global antibiotic resistance is a growing threat in which disease-causing bacteria develop the ability to resist the drugs designed to kill them.