"CIVIL SOCIETY"

The top UN political affairs official stressed the importance of holding elections in Libya during a Security Council meeting, saying it is “the only path to settle the disagreements over the democratic legitimacy of all Libyan institutions.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General, António Guterres, launched today the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, saying that the world is facing a crisis with record high numbers of people around the world displaced within their countries. UNIFEED

Press Conference by Robert Piper, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, on the launch of the Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement.

Addressing journalists after her mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said, “I am particularly concerned to hear that courts across Bosnia and Herzegovina have denied wartime survivors’ claims for compensation by imposing statutes of limitations.” OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded a four-day official mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday. This is the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1998. OHCHR

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan Ramiz Alakbarov, told the Security Council that nearly 800 people have been confirmed killed and more than 1,400 injured from the deadly earthquake that struck Paktika province. He added, “search and rescue operations remain ongoing and it is expected that the number of casualties will further increase over the coming days, along with the number of affected communities.” UNIFEED

The dramatic real-life effects of internet shutdowns on people’s lives and human rights are vastly underestimated, the UN Human Rights Office warns in a report released today. UNTV CH

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Prevention crucial in upholding principle of responsibility to protect children, youth, speakers tell General Assembly.

Amid plummeting humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan, women, girls ‘are being written out of society’ by de facto authorities, briefers warn Security Council.