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Colombia: New UN Mission begins operation; focus on reintegrating ex-fighters
27 September – The second post-conflict United Nations mission in Colombia has started its operations, succeeding the UN entity which was mandated to verify the implementation agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) concerning the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, and laying down of arms.




The only world safe from use of nuclear weapons is a world completely free of them – UN chief
26 September – The only world that is safe from the use of nuclear weapons is a world that is completely free of them, Secretary-General António Guterres said today as the United Nations marked the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.



Warring parties in South Sudan show ‘little interest’ in pushing peace process forward – UN envoy
26 September – A window of opportunity for compromise over the 2015 peace agreement by warring parties in South Sudan is narrow, the United Nations envoy for the country said today, stressing the urgency to find a political solution and for international support to the process.



UN envoy condemns killing of Israeli security personnel by Palestinian in West Bank
26 September – The United Nations envoy for the Israel-Palestine peace efforts has condemned today's fatal shooting attack by a Palestinian perpetrator against Israeli security personnel in the West Bank, deploring that such an incident undermines the prospect of a peaceful future for both sides.






Parties to Afghan conflict show renewed interest in political engagement, UN envoy says
25 September – Although efforts over the past few years to reach a political solution to the Afghan conflict have led to little progress, the top United Nations envoy in the country today reported a renewed interest in political engagements for peace.






UN chief voices concern over ‘potentially destabilizing effects’ of Kurdish referendum
25 September – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced concern about the “potentially destabilizing effects” of today’s referendum in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.





At UN Assembly, Nicaragua underscores dialogue and negotiation as way to peace
25 September – The Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations, Maria Rubiales de Chamorro, addressed the General Assembly’s annual debate today, reflecting on the political will and action that must be undertaken to achieve a better and peaceful world.

       
Ongoing settlement activities undermining Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, warns UN envoy
25 September – Continuing settlement expansion, most notably in occupied East Jerusalem, is making the two-State solution increasingly unattainable and undermining Palestinian belief in the international peace efforts, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today






Sudan has ‘turned the page’ on conflicts, Foreign Minister tells UN Assembly
23 September – Addressing the United Nations General Assembly’s annual general debate, Ibrahim Ahmed Abd al-Aziz Ghandour, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sudan, said his country has “turned the page” on conflicts and has embarked on an era of peace and stability, including through the establishment of a unity Government that includes members of former armed groups.





At UN Assembly, sub-Saharan leaders call for increased UN aid to regional anti-terror force
23 September – Citing the continuing deterioration of the security situation in the sub-Saharan Sahel, regional leaders at the General Assembly’s annual general debate today called on the United Nations to provide sufficient resources to the regional G5 Sahel joint force to combat the scourge.





At UN Assembly, Iraq outlines vision for post-conflict reconstruction
23 September – Iraq is an independent sovereign federal State following democratic processes which have enabled all its people to participate in society, said the country’s top foreign affairs official at the United Nations General Assembly, expressing opposition to a referendum planned by the regional government of Kurdistan.



 

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