"ELECTIONS"

Briefing Security Council on Ukraine, Under-Secretary-General expresses concern over language law, ceasefire violations at 8575th meeting.

General Assembly appoints four judges to United Nations Dispute Tribunal, accredits major group organizations to participate in Small Island Developing States’ Review at 98th plenary meeting.

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, Christine Schraner-Burgener said, “a key step to democratic consolidation” in the Southeast Asian nation “will be ending the vicious cycle of discrimination and violence, especially in Rakhine.” UNIFEED

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

At a meeting on combating anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and hate, UN chief António Guterres said, “we need to invest in social cohesion so that all members of society can feel that their identities are respected and that they have a stake in the future.” UNIFEED

Security Council establishes United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, adopting Resolution 2476 (2019) by 13 Votes, 2 abstentions at 8559th meeting.

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

Speaking at the opening of the 2019 pledging conference for UNRWA, officially the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Chief António Guterres said, “given what is at stake at the human level, at the political and security level, and at the multilateral level, we must rise to the challenge and empower UNRWA to continue its important and impressive work.” UNIFEED

United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution to transform the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) into a special political mission, taking place after the current mission’s mandate ends in October this year. UNIFEED