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Citing Escalating Violence, Challenging Landscape in Abyei Area, Peacekeeping Chief Recommends Security Council Extend United Nations Interim Force

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Citing Escalating Violence, Challenging Landscape in Abyei Area, Peacekeeping Chief Recommends Security Council Extend United Nations Interim Force

Despite improving relations between Sudan and South Sudan, progress is unlikely in determining the final status of the Abyei Area in the short to medium term, especially considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations told the Security Council during a 28 April videoconference meeting.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

The World Food Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund are urging Governments to prevent devastating nutrition and health consequences for the 370 million children missing out on school meals as a result of school closures.  The daily lunch at school is the only food for millions of children around the world.

Public Statement by Chair of Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

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Public Statement by Chair of Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the fourth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan (document S/2019/727), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group:

Deeply Concerned by Rise in Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity, Security Council Presidential Statement Calls for Adherence to Production, Access Obligations

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Deeply Concerned by Rise in Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity, Security Council Presidential Statement Calls for Adherence to Production, Access Obligations

The Security Council, recalling the link between armed conflict, violence and conflict-induced food insecurity and the threat of famine, called today on all parties to respect humanitarian principles and to comply with their international humanitarian law obligations regarding the production of, and access to, food.

COVID-19 Threatens Hard-Won Development Gains as Emergency ‘Unfolds before Our Eyes’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells European Union Meeting on G5 Sahel

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COVID-19 Threatens Hard-Won Development Gains as Emergency ‘Unfolds before Our Eyes’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells European Union Meeting on G5 Sahel

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the meeting of the European Union on the G5 Sahel, in New York today:

Disproportionately Affected Youth Must Be Central to COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Plans, Experts Tell Security Council, Stressing Their Key Role as Game-Changers

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Disproportionately Affected Youth Must Be Central to COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Plans, Experts Tell Security Council, Stressing Their Key Role as Game-Changers

Notwithstanding limited strides in youth empowerment, the world’s young people continue to suffer disproportionately from conflict, poverty and now the most severe effects of COVID-19, experts told the Security Council in a 27 April videoconference meeting, as they urged Governments to make youth a centrepiece of — and active participants in — their pandemic recovery plans.

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