"SOUTH SUDAN"

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

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the top UN official in the country Mankeur Ndiaye said the CAR “is at grave risk of a setback in terms of security and peacebuilding,” in the aftermath of the elections marred by violence. UNIFEED

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

General Assembly adopts decision postponing organizational session of Ad Hoc Committee elaborating anti-cybercrime convention, due to COVID-19 fears.

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

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

The UN Secretary-General delivers his first major speech of the year at a virtual event that offers a powerful opportunity to communicate why the UN remains the best global forum to find solutions to the challenges we face – from the climate emergency to COVID-19, conflict – to a broad and diverse global audience. The event will also serve as a global commemoration of the UN’s 75th anniversary, with the UN returning – virtually – to London, where it held its first meetings in 1946.

As 2021 approaches, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen. UNICEF / FILE

Days before Sunday’s election, the Security Council has approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ proposal “for the temporary redeployment, for a two-month period, of two infantry companies and two military utility helicopters from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to assist the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), a UN spokesperson said today. UNIFEED

Briefing by Jerry Matthews Matjila, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, on the South Africa Security Council Presidency during the month of December 2020.