"LIBERIA"

Concerned about terrorism, organized crime in West Africa, Security Council stresses regional office needs adequate resources for conflict prevention at 8327th meeting.

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development overwhelmingly adopts ministerial declaration by 164 votes in favour, 2 against at 47th meeting.

Security Council seeks to strengthen protections for children in armed conflict, unanimously adopting Resolution 2427 (2018) at 8305th meeting.

Security Council seeks to strengthen protections for children in armed conflict, unanimously adopting Resolution 2427 (2018) at 8305th meeting.

Security Council seeks to strengthen protections for children in armed conflict, unanimously adopting Resolution 2427 (2018) at 8305th meeting.

The General Assembly and Security Council elected Yuji Iwasawa of Japan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. UNIFEED

Addressing the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit in New York, the Secretary General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, said “police personnel and policing assistance have made immense contributions to peace and stability.” She called for an increase in the participation of women police officers in peacekeeping, “both in numbers and in leading positions.” UNIFEED

An increasing number of migrant children are being returned to Niger as countries across Europe and North Africa seek to curtail irregular migration. UNICEF

General Assembly elects María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador as President of Seventy-Third Session, also choosing 21 Vice-Presidents by acclamation at 92nd plenary meeting.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.