"AFRICA"

In a small town of Idanha-a-Nova in central Portugal, a pilot scheme to attract investment and manpower is now also including refugees, who arrived in Portugal as part of the European Union (EU) Relocation Scheme. UNHCR

Briefing Security Council, Special Representative calls African Union key partner to organization, underlines importance of financing for peace support operations at 8314th meeting.

The UN Special Representative to the African Union told the Security Council that the “complex” peace and security challenges in Africa cannot be addressed by the UN or the AU alone adding that partnership is “not a choice but a necessity.” UNIFEED

General Assembly Seventy-second session: Informal meeting on the occasion of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day.

At an event convened to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary, Secretary-General António Guterres said the South African civil rights leader “stands today as a beacon for universal values, peace, forgiveness, humility, integrity, passion, respect and service.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly.

During an event in Geneva marking Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, South African officials said that Mandela would have been “deeply concerned” by the plight of migrants and the rise of populist politics today. UNTV CH

Press Encounter by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) on the situation in the region.

Recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel have been characterized by both volatility and democratic gains, the top United Nations official in the region told the Security Council at 8313th meeting.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Chambas, told the Security Council that “the spillover of the Malian crisis is increasingly affecting Burkina Faso and Niger,” adding that “terrorist groups continue to cause devastation throughout the region, despite ongoing counterterrorism operations.” UNIFEED