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As Somalia crosses its 30th anniversary since the outbreak its civil war, senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to the courage and resilience of Somali citizens who have persevered through some of the “toughest conditions in any country on the planet over the past three decades.” UNSOM

Despite the success in lowering the overall number of active cases of COVID-19 in West Bank and Gaza, “the cost in lives and livelihoods remains high, particularly in the Gaza Strip,” the UN top official told the Security Council on Tuesday. UNIFEED

Virtual press conference by Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), on the Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

Risk of instability, tension growing, amid glaring inequalities in global COVID-19 recovery, top United Nations officials warn Security Council.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros said, "a year ago today, fewer than 1,500 cases of COVID-19 had been reported to WHO, including just 23 cases outside China. This week, we expect to reach 100 million reported cases." WHO

Continuing a series of meetings with the leaders of Somalia’s Federal Member States, a delegation of United Nations officials Sunday visited Galmudug to discuss with its leadership how the world body can best support its work. UNSOM

Together with the Government of Burkina Faso, UNICEF and Enfants du Monde, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – launched a new multi-year programme that aims to provide education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected regions of the country. ECW

Special Representative outlines priority areas for progress in Colombia, as Security Council members share concern over continuing deadly attacks.

Press Conference by Marc-André Franche, the Head of Financing for the Peacebuilding Fund, on the high-level replenishment conference of the Peacebuilding fund, which is scheduled on 26 January.

Despite fragile calm in Syria, political track has yielded few results, Special Envoy warns Security Council ahead of Constitutional Committee’s fifth session.