"LIBYA"

General Assembly elects 14 member states to Human Rights Council, appoints new Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services at 17th plenary meeting.

General Assembly adopts political declarations on realizing universal health coverage and helping small island developing states tackle climate change at 14th plenary.

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

Chair of Sudan Sanction Committee briefs Security Council on panel of experts’ interim report and recent developments in the country, at 8632nd meeting.

Authorizing states to inspect vessels suspected of trafficking people off Libya coast, Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2491 (2019) at 8631st meeting.

The Security Council unanimously passed on Thursday a resolution that renewed the authorization for member states to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to suspect are being used for migrant smuggling or human trafficking. UNIFEED

Noon Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

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

Rwanda welcomes first group of refugees evacuated to safety on a charter flight from Libya where they faced detention, the threat of trafficking and even death in attempts to cross the Mediterranean. UNHCR

Final preparations are underway at Gashora transit center in Rwanda where the first group of refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from detention centers in Libya are expected to arrive Thursday. UNHCR