"DISPLACED PERSONS"

Briefers, delegates stress vital need to restore governmental cooperation, deny Al-Shabaab space, as Security Council takes up situation in Somalia at 8533rd meeting.

Theme: Towards Durable Solutions for Forcibly Displaced Persons in Africa.

Theme: Towards Durable Solutions for Forcibly Displaced Persons in Africa.

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq, unanimously adopting Resolution 2470 (2019) at 8531st meeting.

Speaking at a special meeting on Africa, UN chief António Guterres said, “the best way to protect refugees and displaced people is to prevent them from having to leave their homes. That means tackling root causes: poverty, conflict, discrimination and exclusion of all kinds.” UNIFEED

A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)'s team visited a remote community of Lobonok in the Equatorias, to provide a protective presence and to investigate human rights abuses inflicted on local residents. UNMISS

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

UN aid agencies expressed their concern over the dramatically deteriorating humanitarian situation in Tripoli and stressed that more needed to be done to protect all non-combatants caught up in the battle for the Libyan capital, as victim numbers rise and thousands flee their homes. UNTV CH

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

Informal comments to the media by Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, and representatives from Germany, Kuwait, United States, United Kingdom, Equatorial Guinea, Poland, Cote d'ivoire, Peru, Dominican Republic, and France on the situation in Syria & other topics.