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After closed-door consultations of the Security Council on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told reporters that “the fact that this meeting took place is testimony to the fact that this is an international recognized dispute.” UNIFEED

Two months since hundreds of thousands of people fled violence in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN humanitarians warned today that armed militia continue to make their safe return impossible. UNTV CH

United Nations urged the government of Zimbabwe “to find ways to continuously engage with the population about their legitimate grievances on the economic situation, and to stop cracking down on peaceful protestors.” UNTV CH

Frustration and despair are overwhelming young Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. The Agency's new report calls for urgent investment in education and skills development opportunities in and around the vast camps where most of the refugees live. UNICEF

The current crisis in Mali has profoundly disrupted the lives of millions of children. In the first half of 2019, a sharp increase in violations against children was recorded, particularly in the killing and maiming of children. UNICEF

South Sudanese women in Gok area celebrated the new peace resolution despite that women’s participation in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution process in the country has been limited. UNMISS

In a statement read by her spokesperson Rupert Colville today in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet raised her concern following the escalation of violence that has taken place in recent days, in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR). UNTV CH / OHCHR

During emergency meeting, Security Council condemns car bombing in Libya, urging parties to uphold truce as first step towards permanent ceasefire at 8595th meeting.

Members of the Security Council condemned in “the strongest terms the outrageous, deadly and totally inacceptable” car bomb attack on Saturday (10 Aug) in front of a shopping mall in Bengazhi, Libya, which left three UN staff members dead, and three others injured among dozens of civilians also wounded. Council members stood a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims. UNIFEED

More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 have received identification cards that the UN insisted today were critical to safeguarding their right to return home. UNTV CH