"DISARMAMENT"

Informal comments to the media by Fernando Arias, head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on chemical weapons.

A joint monitoring and verification team comprised from UN officials and various South Sudan’s stakeholders found no child soldiers or abducted women at a military cantonment site located in the south west of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria area. UNMISS

After the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the commitment that is always reflected around this table is not translating into real change around the world.” UNIFEED

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

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

Democratic Republic of Congo needs international support to bolster state authority, empower judiciary, special representative tells Security Council at 8638th.

In a joint statement by European members of the Security Council, the countries condemned the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s ballistic missile tests, which "undermine regional security and stability and they are in clear violation of UN Security Council Resolutions.” UNIFEED

The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Africa, Bience Philomina Gawana, said Africa, with approximately 220 million people are aged between 15 to 24, “is one of the world’s youngest continents,” and with this number projected to rise to about 350 million in the next decade “it is imperative that Africa harnesses this demographic dividend in silencing the guns.” UNIFEED

Noon Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

African youth activists call for greater inclusion of young people in continent’s development, as Security Council takes up ‘silencing the guns by 2020’ initiative at 8629th meeting.