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Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: - Security Council - Women Rising for Peace Exhibit - Occupied Palestinian Territory - Sudan - Central African Republic - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ukraine - World Habitat Day - Financial Contribution WOMEN RISING FOR PEACE EXHIBIT Related to the topic of Women, Peace and Security, and just before delivering their remarks at the Security Council, the Secretary-General, together with the Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous, visited the exhibit entitled “Through Her Lens: Women Rising for Peace”, located outside the General Assembly Hall. The exhibit features striking images by local women photographers, capturing women peacebuilders, human rights defenders, UN peacekeepers, and community leaders driving peace in some of the world’s most fragile contexts. The display will remain open to visitors throughout October. OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY The Emergency Relief Chief, Tom Fletcher, has allocated $9 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to ensure adequate fuel supplies to keep life-saving services running in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports a reduction in air strikes in recent days but says that shelling and gunfire continued over the weekend, with 21 people reportedly killed and 96 injured yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=06%20October%202025
