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UN Security Council to convene in Sweden

The annual informal work session of the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council was held at Dag Hammarskjold's farm Backakra in southern Sweden.

The UN Security Council travelled to Sweden last weekend for its informal session with the UN Secretary-General.

The meeting was preceded by a visit to European Spallation Source, ESS in Lund, a unique material research facility based on the world's most powerful neutron source. In addition to the Secretary-General and Security Council members, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Foreign Minister Margot Wallström participated in the informal work session on April 21.

UN Secretary General António Guterres continued to Uppsala on Sunday April 22, where he gave a Dag Hammarskjöld lecture at Uppsala Castle and later visited Stockholm.

Dag Hammarskjöld's farm at Backåkra close to Ystad in southern Sweden was the late Secretary- General's summer residence.

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The Security Council has five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly of which Sweden is presently. Photo: Manuel Elias

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Alice Bah Kuhnke, Minister of Culture and Democracy for Sweden, addresses the Security Council's open debate this week on women, peace and security, on the topic: "Preventing sexual violence in conflict through empowerment, gender equality and access to justice”. Photo: Eskinder Debebe

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