"REFUGEES"

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

Following a meeting of the International Support Group to Central-African Republic (CAR) in Bangui, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, “partners and friends” of the CAR “are united and determined to advance the peace accord towards a happy conclusion.” MINUSCA

A dozen displaced people have chosen to voluntarily return to their homes in South Sudan’s Jonglei region with the support of the UN Mission in the country. UNMISS

South Sudanese refugee Queen Chandia is able to take care of her family of 22 children in Uganda through a rice growing scheme, thanks to the generosity of a local farmer who was willing to share his land. UNHCR

Political changes in Sudan could affect mandate of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Joint Special Representative tells Security Council at 8513rd meeting.

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

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) relocated another 150 refugees who were detained in the Abu Selim detention centre in south Tripoli to UNHCR’s Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF) in the centre of Libya’s capital, safe from hostilities. UNHCR

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

After a harrowing journey to Europe, a Kurdish teen from Iraq starts a new life in Belgrade, Serbia. UNHCR

The UN refugee agency said “students, former public officials, opposition figures, journalists, doctors, human rights defenders and farmers” are among some 62,000 Nicaraguans who have fled their country in fear for their lives since anti-Government demonstrators began last April. UNTV CH