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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, told the Security Council that the presidential election scheduled for 28 September “will be a key moment to reaffirm the legitimacy of Afghanistan’s democratic political structure.” UNIFEED

António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal; Marvin Rodríguez Cordero, Vice-President of Costa Rica; and Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados addressed the 108th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. ILO

A UN spokesperson said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes the killing of Jamal Khashoggi was a “horrendous crime,” but stressed that the UN chief “does not have the power or the authority to launch criminal investigations without a mandate from a competent intergovernmental body.” UNIFEED

A joint high-level mission of the United Nations and the European Union, led by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the EU Deputy-Secretary-General for Common Security and Defense Policy and Crisis Response of the European External Action Service, Pedro Serrano, arrived in Bamako on Wednesday for a three-day official visit. MINUSMA

UN High Commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi said political solutions to conflicts are difficult because “the world has become very divided and unable to make peace” after his agency released a report revealing that a record 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2018. UNHCR

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Idlib, Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said, “counter-terrorism cannot overtake obligations under international law to protect civilians and the obligation to strictly observe the principles of distinction and proportionality.” UNIFEED

At the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action to combat hate speech today, UN chief António Guterres said, “Hate speech may have gained a foothold. But it is now on notice. We will never stop confronting it.” UNIFEED

Fifty women representing various parts of South Sudan’s uniformed security sectors have met at a two-day workshop in South Sudan’s capital Juba, to chart a way forward for various ways of how they can uplift their careers while helping combat various forms of gender-based violence in the community. UNMISS

Recruited in 2019 with the support of UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), 150 new prison officers and assistants are receiving training at the National School of Magistracy (ENAM) in Bangui. MINUSCA

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said more than 300,000 people have been forced to flee resurgent inter-ethnic violence in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just this month. UNTV CH