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Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar is retiring from his post as Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have a long and decorated military career. UNMISS

The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), Carlos Ruiz Massieu told Member States that it is important to carry forward the momentum provided by the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement in order to consolidate peace. UNIFEED

Upcoming elections offer historic opportunity to widen Colombia’s democracy, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Briefing Security Council on Darfur, prosecutor urges Sudan Government provide International Criminal Court safe access to crime scenes, witnesses.

Economic sanctions on Mali tightened as West African leaders reject proposed timetable for presidential election, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Organized crime perpetuating instability, violence, poverty across West Africa, Sahel, executive director tells Security Council.

Representatives of Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took part of an installation ceremony of their national flags, as newly elected non-permanent members of the Security Council. UNIFEED

If left unchecked, rising violence, unilateral activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory could undermine fragile stability, briefer warns Security Council.

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed deep concern over a “continuing series of forced expulsions of asylum-seekers and other migrants in Libya,” and said it was “appalled by the alarming escalation of grave human rights abuses in Myanmar,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

Cautiously welcoming power-sharing agreement in Sudan, Special Representative tells Security Council constitutional declaration must be respected.