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A delegation of the UN Security Council met today (12 Jul) with Colombian President Iván Duque and reiterated the Council’s commitment to continue supporting the implementation of the peace agreement in in the country. UN VERIFICATION MISSION IN COLOMBIA / UNIFEED

Cutting off access to funds, bolstering criminal justice responses key to severing terrorism-organized crime link, experts tell Security Council at 8569th meeting.

Cutting off access to funds, bolstering criminal justice responses key to severing terrorism-organized crime link, experts tell Security Council at 8569th meeting.

General Assembly adopts texts on torture-free trade, assisting terrorism victims, anniversary of Cairo Population Conference at 95th and 96th plenary meetings.

General Assembly adopts texts on torture-free trade, assisting terrorism victims, anniversary of Cairo Population Conference at 95th and 96th plenary meetings.

Commenting on the recent photo of a migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter who had drowned trying to cross into the United States from Mexico, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said, “we cannot have more people die because they decide to migrate.” UNIFEED

The representatives from Peru and the United Kingdom announced they will lead a visit of the Security Council to Colombia from 6 to 10 July to express the Council’s “full commitment” to the peace process “and also support the implementation of the final peace agreement with the FARC.” UNIFEED

Press Encounter by Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom and Peru on the upcoming Security Council visit to Colombia.

UN High Commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi said political solutions to conflicts are difficult because “the world has become very divided and unable to make peace” after his agency released a report revealing that a record 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2018. UNHCR

King Letsie III of Lesotho, Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa, First Vice-President of Cuba and Iván Duque Márquez, the President of Colombia addressed the 108th International Labour Conference today in Geneva, Switzerland. ILO