"PEACE AND SECURITY"

Informal comments to the media by Abdallah Yahya Al-Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations and Chair of the Arab Group for the month of July 2019, Abdullah Al-Saadi, Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations and Chair of the Arab Group for the month of June 2019, Saud Alshamsi, Chargé d' affairs a.i., Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and Chair of the Arab Group for the month of August 2019, and Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations.

Yemen "has no time to waste” said the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths in his briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. Griffiths also reported that he is “particularly alarmed by the continued attacks by Ansar Allah on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.” UNIFEED

Youth, peace, security agenda starting to make difference for young people in conflict zones, but much work remains, advocates tell Security Council at 8577th meeting.

The UN Youth Envoy told the Security Council that young people must not must not only be engaged as “beneficiaries, but as equal partners in all our efforts, especially in our efforts to prevent conflict and build peace.” UNIFEED

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

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

At the request of Russia, the UN Security Council met today to discuss a new law entering in force in Ukraine, instating the Ukrainian language as the sole official language in the country, requiring that it be used in the public sector. UNIFEED

Investigative team making ‘significant progress’ gathering evidence to prosecute ISIL/Da’esh for atrocity crimes in Iraq, Special Adviser tells Security Council at 8573rd meeting.

Senior UN official Karim Asad Ahmad Khan told Security Council, “despite the scale, and depravity, and barbarity that were unleashed by Da’esh on innocent civilians, they have not succeeded in dividing the people of Iraq.” UNIFEED

A delegation of the UN Security Council met today (12 Jul) with Colombian President Iván Duque and reiterated the Council’s commitment to continue supporting the implementation of the peace agreement in in the country. UN VERIFICATION MISSION IN COLOMBIA / UNIFEED