"PEACE CONSOLIDATION"

As armed groups, coups d’état destabilize West Africa, Sahel, role of United Nations Regional Office key in consolidating democracy, speakers tell Security Council.

Giovanie Biha, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, told the Security Council, “Despite efforts by national security forces and international partners, insecurity has again deteriorated in large parts of the region.” UNIFEED

As Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Courtenay Rattray, conclude their visit to South Sudan, Lacroix said, “you cannot build a durable peace if you don’t involve women.” UNMISS

Speakers stress combating illicit trade in natural resources that fuels conflict, at Security Council briefing on Democratic Republic of Congo, Great Lakes.

Meeting on West Africa, Sahel region, speakers in Security Council express concern over successive coups, call for strengthening state institutions.

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

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the effects of climate change “are particularly profound when they overlap with fragility and past or current conflicts,” and are “complicating efforts to prevent conflict and to sustain peace.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the drawdown of UN peacekeeping missions is “a moment of heightened risk,” but stressed that “their missions are never intended to be permanent." UNIFEED

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern over dire situation in West Africa, Sahel, Gulf of Guinea.

More than 700 health care workers and patients have died since December 2017 and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities, according to a three- year analysis by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), released today. UNTV CH