"CONFLICT SITUATION"

Hailing Israel’s recent peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “for far too long the Palestinians wielded a veto on peace between Israel and the broader Arab world” and "all progress was halted and held hostage by completely unrealistic Palestinian demands.” UNIFEED

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “deeply disturbed” by the reported loss of civilian lives and injuries, as well as damage to civilian property and infrastructure in Nagorno-Karabakh, a spokesperson said today. OHCHR

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “extremely concerned over the fresh resumption of hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.” UNIFEED

Summit-level debate of the Security Council on Maintenance of international peace and security: Global governance post Covid-19.

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned that in many vulnerable countries the economic effects of the COVID19 pandemic could cause more deaths from hunger than the virus itself especially in areas of conflict like NE Nigeria, DR Congo, Yemen and South Sudan. WFP

Conflict zone populations face gravest threat of hunger amid COVID-19, aid experts tell Security Council, warning food insecurity worldwide expected to double by year’s end.

Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock said, “starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited, as is the destruction of objects that are indispensable to civilians’ survival,” but “the problem is that too many people don’t comply with the law.” UNIFEED

Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that “reports from inside Syria continue to point to a much broader spread of COVID-19 that the number of confirmed cases, which is currently about 3,600.” UNIFEED

Situation in Darfur volatile as attacks on civilians increase, Chair of 1591 Committee tells Security Council.

UN chief of political and peacebuilding affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on peace and security heightened the risk of the erosion of trust in public institutions. UNIFEED