"MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT"

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “travel restrictions that isolate any one country or region are not only deeply unfair and punitive, they are ineffective,” and called for the use of alternative instruments to avoid “travel apartheid.” UNIFEED

Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council expresses concern about devastating impact of COVID-19 on Africa, urges greater cooperation.

Secretary-General António Guterres today said recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic “offers an opportunity to address the root causes of conflict, put prevention at the forefront of our efforts, and implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.” UNIFEED

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

With extreme poverty rising amid Covid-19 pandemic, more action key to ending vicious cycle in conflict-affected, fragile countries, top officials tell Security Council.

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

Press Conference by Tarek Ladeb, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the Security Council in January 2021, on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month of January.

In a joint statement, Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat called on all Sudanese actors to ensure the safe and orderly drawdown of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) over the next six months and the ensuing period of liquidation. UNAMID

Joint Press Conference by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, following the Fourth United Nations-African Union Conference.

Security Council presidential statement urges stronger response to conflict, coordination between African Union, United Nations.