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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

A delegation of senior United Nations officials on Monday visited the Federal Member State (FMS) of Puntland, in Somalia’s north-east, to meet with its leadership on the provision of support. UNSOM

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

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

As another round of talks on Syria’s future constitution is set to begin at United Nations premises in Switzerland on Monday, Geir Pedersen, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, expressed his hope that the co-chairs of the 45-member committee, known in diplomatic parlance as the Small Body, will agree on work plans with clear agendas and topics and with an urgency in delivering progress in this process. UNTV CH

Top official calls upon Security Council to deploy more peacekeepers in Central African Republic, amid post-election surge in violence.

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the top UN official in the country Mankeur Ndiaye said the CAR “is at grave risk of a setback in terms of security and peacebuilding,” in the aftermath of the elections marred by violence. UNIFEED

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

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.