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ISIL/Da’esh committed genocide of Yazidi, war crimes against unarmed cadets, military personnel in Iraq, investigative team head tells Security Council.

The Head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh (UNITAD) announced today that based upon independent and impartial investigations, “there is clear and convincing evidence” that the crimes committed by the terrorist group against the Yazidi people “clearly constituted genocide.” UNIFEED

The Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations is launching its second programming round with a high-level virtual event which features discussion by the Member States that have received funding in the first programming round, and by new contributors to the Fund about the important and innovative work of the Fund, and the broader progress of the deployment of uniformed women in Peace Operations and showcase Member States’ progress and good practices.

The United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) bid farewell on Friday to four Chadian peacekeepers who perished in a complex attack against the mission’s Aguelhock camp in the Kidal region on 2nd April. MINUSMA

Briefing Security Council, Special Representative reports challenges, opportunities in lead-up to Democratic Republic of Congo elections.

As hunger, malnutrition rise in Syria, Security Council must ensure border crossing remains open, aid flows to millions, Humanitarian Affairs chief stresses.

Security Council increases size of Central African Republic stabilization mission, adopting resolution 2566 (2021) by 14 votes in favour, with 1 abstention. Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Mission in South Sudan, unanimously adopting resolution 2567 (2021). Security Council reauthorizes African Union Mission in Somalia, unanimously adopting resolution 2568 (2021).

Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that killed all of the 176 passengers and crew onboard, as well as in the aftermath of the deadly attack, according to a UN Human Rights expert. UNIFEED

In a joint statement, Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat called on all Sudanese actors to ensure the safe and orderly drawdown of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) over the next six months and the ensuing period of liquidation. UNAMID

Security Council grants one-year mandate extension for United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo.