An agency official told the Security Council that five years of de facto control have produced some stability but that strict restrictions on women and girls, funding shortfalls and local violence risk undermining long-term stability; the official urged sustained multilateral engagement.

The United Nations announced that the General Assembly confirmed Alexandre de Kree of Belgium as the new administrator of the UN Development Programme for a four-year term; Associate Administrator Haoyang Xu will continue as interim until the new administrator arrives.