"DRUG TRAFFICKING"

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted an official mission to Venezuela, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Rural reform critical to building ‘more peaceful, prosperous Colombia’, Special Representative tells Security Council.

As armed groups, coups d’état destabilize West Africa, Sahel, role of United Nations Regional Office key in consolidating democracy, speakers tell Security Council.

Afghanistan’s future depends on Taliban’s engagement with world, but restrictions on women signal lack of international commitments, briefer warns Security Council.

Haiti’s crises at new levels of desperation, top officials warn Security Council, urging critical assistance for national law enforcement, humanitarian aid.

Addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the UN's General Assembly on Friday, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, said, “not a single Rohingya was repatriated to their ancestral homes in Myanmar.” UNIFEED

Press briefing by Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet held a press conference at the end of her official mission to Peru and said, “Peru’s indigenous peoples and human rights defenders are on the frontline when it comes to the impact of climate change and other threats, such as illegal mining, illegal logging, and drug trafficking, especially in the Amazon region.” OHCHR

Briefing the Security Council, the Special Representative for the Secretary-General in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, said that while there are reasons for encouragement, “violence continues against communities, leaders and former combatants” and called for their security to be guaranteed through the Peace Agreement. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice president and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, on the peace process in the country.