"CIVIL WAR"

Los Angeles Lakers Power Forward and former refugee Wenyen Gabriel is in South Sudan this week, visiting his homeland for the first time since being resettled to the US at a young age. UNHCR

Peaceful presidential elections in Colombia, Truth Commission’s compelling final report provide ‘good reasons for optimism’, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Repeated civil wars in South Sudan have disproportionately impacted women and girls. Despite the signing of a peace deal in 2018 and a transitional government of national unity in place sexual and gender-based violence continues to be pervasive. At a recent workshop held by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Aru Junction, Central Equatoria. Raising awareness about ending conflict-related sexual violence was a key focus. UNMISS

With an increase in cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence across South Sudan, in Upper Nile state, UNMISS and local communities marked The international Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, to honor survivors and ensure widespread awareness that such crimes against women and girls are not to be tolerated. UNMISS

The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said his main concern is that “the end of the transitional period is fast approaching, yet progress in implementing the peace agreement has been slow.” UNMISS

The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Christian Schmidt, told the Security Council that “more than 26 years” since the signing of the Dayton Accord, Bosnia and Herzegovina “remains a country traumatized by war,” and added that “the desire to keep peace is present amongst Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and others.” UNIFEED

The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe; UN humanitarians warned. UNTV CH

Recent elections in Colombia saw most women voted into office, Special Representative tells Security Council, highlighting value of peace.

In Sudan, frequent fighting between farmers and herders over water and grazing land causes injuries and deaths. According to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), access to water and conflict resolution centres can considerably help address the water wars. IFAD

After more than seven years of war, over 23 million Yemenis face hunger, disease, and other life-threatening risks as the country’s basic services and economy are collapsing, according to the UN Office for Humanitarian Coordination (OCHA). UNTV CH