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Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said security challenges created by “terrorist acts in Liptako-Gourma and in the Lake Chad Basin as well as by crime along the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea must be addressed from a regional perspective because the risks of a joining between the threats from the sea and from the Sahel are real, and the main victims are the civilian populations.” UNIFEED

Intercommunal tensions, electoral transparency among challenges facing West Africa, Sahel area, Special Representative tells Security Council.

With the recognition of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and more than 34 million people already facing emergency levels of food insecurity, the world leaders urgently addressed the problem at the G7 summit last weekend and endorsed a Famine Prevention Compact. UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Those who commit atrocity crimes will ‘ultimately be brought to justice’, Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals head tells Security Council.

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

As G7 leaders meet from 11-13 June in the United Kingdom to discuss the recovery from the pandemic, global health agency Unitaid is calling for increased investment in research and development for treatments for COVID-19. UNITAID