"DEMILITARISATION"

Press briefing by Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of Mission, on the situation in Libya.

Briefing Security Council on Libya, Mission Head calls upon parties to establish demilitarized zone, reach political settlement through dialogue.

Security Council extends mandate of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, unanimously adopting Resolution 2479 (2019) at 8566th meeting.

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

An agreement was signed in Kodok, South Sudan, returning a school building to civilian use after being used as barracks for different armed groups during the past five years. UNMISS

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei until November, unanimously adopting Resolution 2469 (2019) at 8524th meeting.

Security Council grants six-month mandate renewal for United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, adopting Resolution 2450 (2018) at 8436th meeting.

Special Envoy for Syria advocates creation of constitutional committee as Security Council delegates hail Russian-Turkish accord on Idlib buffer zone at 8355th meeting.

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

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the agreement reached on 17 September between President Erdogan of Turkey and President Putin of Russia to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Syria's Idlib region, which should avert a full-scale military operation and provide reprieve for millions of civilians. UNIFEED