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Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Alberto Cairo has been awarded the Nansen Refugee Award’s regional winner prize for Asia this year in tribute to his remarkable career helping disabled Afghans. UNHCR

Talking to reporters as a new session of the United Nations General Assembly begins, Secretary-General António Guterres said, the significance of the discussions during the upcoming high-level week can be distilled into two words: “ambition and action.” UNIFEED

Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2489 (2019) at 8620th meeting.

After difficult negotiations, the Security Council unanimously renewed the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Secretary-General António Guterres visited a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) installation that displays 3,758 school backpacks as headstones to illustrate the grave scale of child deaths in conflict in 2018 and call for greater protection of children living in conflict. UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts resolutions on supporting new partnership for Africa’s development, promoting durable peace on continent at 105th plenary meeting.

As Afghanistan elections approach, Special Representative underscores importance of resumed talks between Kabul, Taliban, in briefing to Security Council at 8613th meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.