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

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

Continued attacks by illegal armed groups in Central African Republic thwarting progress towards implementing peace agreement, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Following a series of security incidents in Kosovo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Zahir Tanin, called for dialogue and said, “history in the region has tragically and repeatedly shown that ostensibly small incidents, misreading of intentions, and outright mistakes can trigger an unstable security escalation that puts lives at risk and benefits no-one.” UNIFEED

Flare-up over license plates threatens progress between Serbia, Kosovo, Special Representative tells Security Council amid debate on future of interim mission.

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

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the South Sudan Democratic Monitoring and Engagement Observation Programme jointly hosted a workshop in the capital city, Juba, to discuss a cogent topic: People’s participation in the national budget process to enhance public ownership of national resources thereby boosting delivery of much-needed services for all communities. UNMISS

WFP top official in Afghanistan on Wednesday urged the international community to provide the resources to mount “a large-scale operation” in a race against time to help millions of vulnerable Afghans. UNIFEED

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

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “uneven, unfair recovery” from the COVID-19 pandemic “is eroding trust between the developed and developing world,” and stressed that many developing countries “urgently need a helping hand.” UNIFEED