"TERRORISM"

Special Envoy on Syrian conflict, in Security Council briefing, announces resignation, vowing to pursue political solution ‘until the last hour’ at 8373rd meeting.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, who will be stepping down from his post at the end of November, told the Security Council that “a catastrophe has so far been averted” in the Syrian province of Idlib, as the Russian-Turkish memorandum of understanding “appears to be being implemented.” UNIFEED

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer said it was the responsibility of Saudi Arabia and Turkey to establish the facts in the case of Jamal Khashoggi adding that, “If no solution can be found in conducting a credible and objective investigation on that level, then perhaps at some point international mechanisms should get involved.” UNIFEED

United Nations best defence against rise in protectionism, unilateralism, speakers stress as General Assembly considers annual report of organization’s work at 17th plenary meeting.

Open briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee on the nexus between international terrorism and transnational organized crime. The aim of the open briefing, which was organized in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), was to (i) help strengthen the understanding of the nexus as it pertains to criminal activities linked to trafficking in persons committed for the purpose of supporting terrorism, the nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism, and arms trafficking and terrorism; and (ii) promote a discussion of responses.

United Nations counter-terrorism mechanisms must be flexible, adapt rapidly to fighters’ increasingly creative, diffuse tactics, Security Council hears at 8364th meeting.

Nelson Mandela peace summit concludes with urgent calls for dialogue, tolerance to resolve prolonged conflicts at resumed 5th plenary meeting.

High-Level Side Event on cross border peace initiatives along the Kenya-Ethiopia Border. Resilience and devolution: the experience of Kenya and Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa in the prevention of violent extremism and conflict.

Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister, Denis Moncada, said “once again” his country is “facing a threat from the United States,” aiming to stop “the social, economic, and cultural development” of the Nicaraguan people. UNIFEED

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told the General Assembly that “India, in plain sight of the international community, perpetrates state sponsored terrorism in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India.” UNIFEED