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United States ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said her country believes its priorities “are not just American priorities, they are global priorities,” adding that next week “must be a moment to strengthen alliances and partnerships.” UNIFEED

A delegation of Somalia’s international partners today visited South West State to meet with its president, electoral authority and civil society on the country’s upcoming elections for the House of the People, and reaffirmed their support for the holding of a credible electoral process. UNSOM

Press Conference by Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General with United Nations Development Programme, and Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), co-chairs of the High-level Dialogue.

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

In an update to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for "concrete actions" after the Sri Lankan President said the Government was “committed to work with the UN to ensure accountability” and would implement “necessary institutional reforms.” OHCHR

Secretary-General António Guterres said the United Nations "has a key role to play in humanitarian aid" in Afghanistan and that "it was our duty to engage with the Taliban to create the conditions" to deliver aid. UNIFEED

“Holding the elections in Libya, even in less-than-ideal situation, and with all imperfections, challenges and risks is much more desirable than no elections, that could only foster division, instability, and conflict,” the UN top official in Libya said on Friday. UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts 2 texts, including text on revitalization, as delegates stress time has come for woman to lead United Nations.

Launching his report on 'Our Common Agenda', UN chief António Guterres said, the world is “moving in the wrong direction,” and the choices we make now could “put us on a path towards breakdown and a future of perpetual crisis; or breakthrough to a greener and safer world.” UNIFEED

The new Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that the peace process in Yemen “has stalled for too long,” and called on the parties to the conflict “to engage in peaceful dialogue with one another under UN facilitation the terms of an overarching settlement, in good faith and without preconditions.” UNIFEED