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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which calls on the Myanmar armed forces to immediately stop all violence against peaceful demonstrators and civilians and calls on countries to prevent the flow of arms into the country. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener urged the Security Council to “speak in unity” as half the population is expected to live under the poverty line by next year in the situation continues. UNIFEED

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, opened a youth conference on the future of youth political participation held on 16-17 June in Mogadishu. UNSOM

António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by António Guterres, Secretary-General, following his appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution and human rights violations in 2020 rose to nearly 82.4 million people, according to UNHCR’s latest annual Global Trends report released on Friday.. This is a further four per cent increase on top of the already record-high 79.5 million at the end of 2019. UNHCR

Crucial elections needed by end of 2021 to break political impasse, tackle worsening conditions in Haiti, experts tell Security Council.

The Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Helen La Lime, said it was imperative that local, parliamentary, as well as presidential elections take place as scheduled in the fall of this year and called on all Haitian stakeholders to “urgently set aside their differences, askew their narrow interests and work together to tackle the protracted political, structural and social issues that hinder the country's progress.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba said the COVID-19 pandemic and related response “has had startling consequences on children, including a spike in conflict-related sexual violence incidents, and yet survivors have been left out of response efforts.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Joint Statement on Strategic Stability issued by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States following yesterday’s summit in Geneva, “especially the reaffirmation of their adherence to the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED