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General Assembly elects 18 members of Economic and Social Council to terms beginning 1 January 2019 at 96th plenary meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Alya, a Syrian refugee sheltering in Bekka, Lebanon, a single woman in her 50s, was chosen as her settlement’s shawish – a title mostly reserved for men who act as informal refugee settlement supervisors and decision makers. UNHCR

Saif fled to Jordan in 2014 after two years of imprisonment in Syria left him with severe physical and psychological injuries. Now he and his mother face financial ruin as an acute funding shortfall is threatening to cut off the UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) monthly cash assistance programme for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. UNHCR

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov told the Security Council Monday was a “day of tragedy” for the people of Gaza and added, “There is no justification for the killing. There is no excuse. It serves no one. It certainly does not serve the cause of peace.” UNIFEED

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

Two billion people – more than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population – make their living in the informal economy, the ILO said in a report, stressing that a transition to the formal economy is a condition to realize decent work for all. ILO / FILE