"CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 

Violence continues to threaten stability in Central Africa, Special Representative tells Security Council, calling for greater international efforts.

The Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), François Louncény Fall, said the recent developments in Chad “have underlined the interlinkages between the security situation in that country and the security situation in the subregion,” adding that the security dynamics in neighbouring countries “could negatively affect the internal dynamics in Chad.” UNIFEED

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

Secretary-General António Guterres said fragility and conflict “are among the greatest obstacles to implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda,” and even before the COVID-19 pandemic, “the conflict landscape was deteriorating.” UNIFEED

Terrorist threats in Central Africa must be addressed through greater cooperation, regional strategy for stabilization, mission head tells Security Council.

COVID-19 pandemic “seems generally under control” in the Central Africa region thanks to early measures enforced by the governments to limit the spread of the virus, which are now paying “a high socioeconomic cost,” a top UN official told the Security Council in a briefing on Wednesday. UNIFEED

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

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the president of Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera, the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix encouraged Central-Africans to go to polls at the elections in December. He said, “the stronger the participation, the more the process will have marked the anchoring of democracy in the Central African Republic.” MINUSCA

A near doubling of food-insecure people in West and Central Africa -- up to 57,6 million from 36 million -- is expected by the end of 2020 as a result of measures necessary to contain the spread of Covid-19, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday. UNTV CH