"LIBYA"

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

Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, and the President of the Security Council for July, briefs journalists on the Council’s Programme of Work for the month.

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

A passion and talent for art has provided comfort and hope for a young Eritrean refugee artist living in Libya, amid an ongoing conflict and a deteriorating economic and social situation due to COVID-19 lockdown measures. UNHCR

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

Briefing by UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Security Council Open VTC

Having obtained two-thirds majority of members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, the following 18 States are elected members of ECOSOC for a 3-year term beginning on 1 January 2021: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

The General Assembly holds elections for: 1) President of the General Assembly, 2) Non-permanent Members of the Security Council, 3) Members of the Economic and Social Council, by secret ballot without a plenary meeting.

Discussing the findings in UNHCR’s flagship annual report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement, High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi expressed “great concern” for the almost 80 million displaced persons around the world, “the highest that the UNHCR has recorded since these statistics have been systematically collected.” UNHCR

Volkan Bozkir of Turkey was elected President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, while India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway were elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term. 18 States were elected members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a 3-year term. UNIFEED