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

Amidst political crises, Libya’s people demand elections, ‘not endless arguments among elites, well-armed’ groups, delegate tells Security Council.

Two years after a peace deal was signed and a transitional government of national unity is in place, tangible remainders of conflict still exist in South Sudan. These are landmines and unexploded ordnance, that pose a significant threat to communities. UNMISS

At a bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell updated journalists on arrests and detentions in Belarus. UNTV CH

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, unanimously adopting resolution 2609 (2021).

Following the Security Council’s vote to renew the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum on Western Sahara (MINURSO), Moroccan Ambassador Omar Hilale told reporters that Morocco will go “whenever (newly appointed Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura) wants, wherever he will decide” to organize roundtable negotiations. UNIFEED

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Mission in Western Sahara, adopting resolution 2602 (2021) by 13 votes in favour, 2 abstentions.

Informal comments to the media by Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, on the issue of Western Sahara.

General Assembly adopts text bolstering reinvigorated resident coordinator system, considers annual International Court of Justice report.

General Assembly adopts text bolstering reinvigorated resident coordinator system, considers annual International Court of Justice report.