"CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION"

“Despite leadership losses and expenses that are diminishing its cash reserves, the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security remains high and has increased in and around conflict zones,” according to the new report on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security. UNIFEED

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

Elections in central African countries show significant progress, but Security Conditions could disrupt democratic strides, briefers tell Security Council.

The United Nations top official for Central Africa said contesting of election results in the region “is very often done peacefully. But in other cases, however, this contestation takes violent forms such as the events that we saw recently in São Tomé and Príncipe and Chad.” UNIFEED

During a meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the African Union (AU), Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the world is “heading straight off a climate cliff” and “for many Africans, this is not a distant threat, but a daily reality.” UNIFEED

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

The UN senior official for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, warned the Security Council that some countries in Central Africa face political and security challenges that, if not addressed, “could risk impacting neighbouring countries and the sub-region.” UNIFEED

Security challenges threaten to derail democratic strides in Central African Region, briefers tell Security Council.

Informal comments to the media by Mona Juul, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, and Harold Adlai Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, following the vote on a resolution on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. 

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa, François Louncény Fall said, “Central Africa has continued to grapple with a worsening situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination campaigns in the subregion have remained generally slow and asymmetric.” He called upon the international community to “continue supporting Central Africa in its efforts to contain the pandemic and mitigate its impact.” UNIFEED