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Briefing by Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Marking a decade of independence, South Sudan faces slow progress, lingering violence, Secretary-General’s Special Representative tells Security Council.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub. WHO

Crucial elections needed by end of 2021 to break political impasse, tackle worsening conditions in Haiti, experts tell Security Council.

Security Council weighs benefits, drawbacks of video-teleconference meetings, other pandemic-era innovations, in annual debate on working methods.

Negotiated political settlement only way to end war, ‘turn the tide’ in Yemen, Special Envoy tells Security Council.

Informal comments to the media by Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations on the situation in Mali.

Amid Mali’s worsening humanitarian situation, delegates in Security Council call upon authorities to protect civilians, underline need for credible elections.

The United Nations top official in Mali told the Security Council that “the time has come for Malian leaders to rise above partisan politics and personal interests and work together in earnest to address the crisis in the interest of their country and its future.” UNIFEED

A five-day joint military exercise between UNIFIL peacekeepers and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) using live ammunition concluded on Friday in an open field south of UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura. The “Steel Storm” drill, led by UNIFIL’s Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) and conducted between the two forces twice a year, involved armored assets, machine gun and small arms live fire. UNIFIL