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5 November 2020

SC/14349

Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack at Kabul University, Afghanistan

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Inga Rhonda King (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines):

5 November 2020

SG/SM/20397

Tsunamis ‘a Supreme Test’ of Governance, Disaster-Risk Management, Anti-Pandemic Response, Secretary-General Says, in World Awareness Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Tsunami Awareness Day, observed today:

5 November 2020

Note No. 6538

United Nations, UNESCO to Mark Anniversary of November 1938 Pogrom with Online Discussion on ‘Holocaust Education in Crisis’, 10 November

The United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will host a discussion entitled, “Holocaust education in crisis? Challenges and responses”, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 10 November.

4 November 2020

SC/14346

Calling for More Women Officers in Peacekeeping Operations, Force Leaders Briefing Security Council Stress Gender Balance Key for Effective Policing, Building Trust

The deployment of more women police officers is key to enhancing the effectiveness of United Nations peace operations, speakers told the Security Council during a 4 November videoconference meeting, highlighting the importance of a gender balance in community outreach, patrol and confidence-building.

4 November 2020

SG/SM/20396

Secretary-General Expresses Alarm over Reported Clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, Calls for Immediate De-escalation of Tensions

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

3 November 2020

SG/SM/20395

Taking Note of Provisional Election Results in Côte d’Ivoire, Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Violence Before, During, After Polls

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

3 November 2020

GA/SHC/4308

For World’s 80 Million Displaced, International Aid ‘Life-Saving’, Head of Refugee Agency Tells Third Committee, as COVID-19 Presents Biggest Crisis in Its History

International collaboration and a sustained, adequately funded response are needed to ensure the world’s 80 million displaced persons are protected from the COVID‑19 pandemic and its lingering socioeconomic aftermath, Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as delegates discussed tackling ever-proliferating humanitarian crises amid an unprecedented emergency.

3 November 2020

SC/14345

Integrated Approach to Peacebuilding, Development Urgently Needed as Climate Change, COVID-19 Pandemic Aggravate Cross-Border Conflict, Speakers Warn Security Council

As COVID-19 and climate change exacerbate poverty and other drivers of conflict, it is ever more urgent that security, development and human rights be addressed in an integrated manner, speakers told the Security Council today in a video-teleconferenced open debate.

3 November 2020

Note No. 6537

Department of Global Communications, Foreign Minister of Germany Launch Virtual ‘Seven Places’ Exhibit Marking 1938 Pogrom, Antisemitic Terror Campaign

To commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming will join Heiko Maas, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, to open the online exhibition “Seven Places in Germany”.

3 November 2020

SG/SM/20394

Secretary-General Expresses Grave Concern over Reported Intercommunal Violence in Ethiopia

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: