"CEREMONIES"

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

Former members of the Central African Republic’s PK5 self-defence groups symbolically handed over their weapons in the presence of the Minister of Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Repatriation (DDRR), during a launching ceremony for the fourth phase of the Community Violence Reduction (CVR) programme in Bangui. MINUSCA

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has today been awarded the Seoul Peace Prize in recognition of the work he has done to help promoting peace through sport. IOC

Peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of chaos in Libya culminated on Friday in an agreement on a permanent ceasefire. UNTV CH

The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations signed a new cooperation agreement today (15 Oct) which sets out how the country and the world body will work together over the next five years to achieve peace, stability and prosperity for all Somalis. UNSOM

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

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

Mayerlín Vergara Pérez has made it her life’s mission to help children free themselves from the yoke of sexual violence. In recognition of her work, which now benefits Venezuelan refugees and minors as well as Colombians, she has been named the laureate of the 2020 Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize honouring those who go to extraordinary lengths to support forcibly displaced and stateless people. UNHCR

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

A refugee school teacher striving to empower rape survivors, a scientist and mother of four on a quest to make reading and learning accessible to refugee children, an activist fighting to protect the rights of displaced people with disabilities and an aspiring refugee footballer using her love for sport to get refugee children off the streets and into the classroom. These four everyday heroes who go to extraordinary lengths to help those in great need have been selected as the regional winners of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award. UNHCR