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

UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action at joint briefing by the President of the General Assembly and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the 2019 Climate Summit.

Jorge Arreaza, Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, briefs press.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Maria do Valle Ribeiro said the humanitarian response plan for the country in 2019 was seeking 200 million USD to target the needs of some 552,000 people. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that cases of measles are on the rise and urged action to ensure that people be protected through vaccines. Dr. Katherine O’Brien, Director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals for WHO, outlined guidelines for governments and individual families, stressing that all people must have access to scientific information on the effectiveness of the measles vaccine. WHO

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced the formation of a new group at the United Nations to defend the “principles of international law” and the rights of peoples to “live in peace, without interference, without interventions, without the threat of the use of force.” UNIFEED

Job Obiang Esono Mbengono, Deputy Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of February, briefs press after the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq.

With government formation incomplete, political actors in Iraq must end infighting and fulfil populace’s immediate needs, special representative tells Security Council at 8462nd meeting.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected a United States objection to its jurisdiction to rule in Iran’s bid to recover close to (USD) 2 billion in frozen assets allowing the case to continue. ICJ

On a four-day visit to Ethiopia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, praised the Government’s openness to new and innovative approaches to improve the lives of the more than 900,000 refugees in the country, as well as the communities hosting them. UNHCR