"PEACE AND SECURITY"

Security Council extends mandate of investigative team holding ISIL/Da’esh accountable for crimes in Iraq, adopting Resolution 2490 at the 8624th meeting.

During a Security Council meeting to discuss the Palestinian question, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said, “there is no other viable solution to end the conflict. Those who continue to support a two-State outcome must acknowledge that derailing that prospect means that Palestinians and Israelis are facing a grim future of perpetual occupation, endless violence and threats to regional stability.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres sat down with newly appointed Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming to discuss the issues that will be at the forefront during next week high-level events at United Nations Headquarters in New York. UNIFEED

Ringing the Peace Bell on the occasion of the International Day of Peace marked on Friday, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called “on combatants around the world to lay down their arms and observe a day of global ceasefire and non-violence.” UNIFEED

Talking to reporters as a new session of the United Nations General Assembly begins, Secretary-General António Guterres said, the significance of the discussions during the upcoming high-level week can be distilled into two words: “ambition and action.” UNIFEED

Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2489 (2019) at 8620th meeting.

Outlining top priorities, new General Assembly President highlights critical work in combating poverty, climate change, as he opens Seventy-Fourth session at 1st plenary meeting.

At the opening of the 74th Session of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Assembly is a “unique and indispensable forum where the world can come together to advance on sensitive and important issues.” UNIFEED

After difficult negotiations, the Security Council unanimously renewed the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNIFEED

General Assembly advocates labour rights, ending illicit wildlife trade, adopting 6 resolutions as it concludes Seventy-Third Session at 107th and 108th meetings.