"PEACE PROCESS"

During the first in-person meeting of the Security Council since March, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu said, “the pandemic has demonstrated once again the vulnerable situation of roughly two thirds of accredited former combatants who currently reside outside the former territorial areas for training and reintegration.” UNIFEED

As foreign interference in Libya reaches unprecedented levels, Secretary-General warns Security Council ‘time is not on our side’, urges end to stalemate.

As foreign interference in Libya reaches unprecedented levels, Secretary-General warns Security Council ‘time is not on our side’, urges end to stalemate.

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that, with battle lines shifting, foreign interference growing, thousands fleeing their homes and COVID-19 cases on the rise, time is running out for bringing a peaceful end to the conflict in Libya. UNIFEED

Integrating human rights into peace operations brings missions closer to people, advances inclusive development, High Commissioner tells Security Council.

COVID-19 ‘profoundly affecting peace across the globe’, says Secretary-General, in address to Security Council.

UN Special Representative David Shearer said the country was at a very low period in terms of progress on the peace process and emphasized that what is need “is a unity government functioning as a unity government and not as a series of parties in one administration." UNIFEED

Briefing Security Council, Afghanistan mission head expresses optimism government, Taliban will enter talks, concern over impact of COVID-19 on mandate.

UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the Security Council she was “cautiously optimistic” that talks between the Government and the Taliban would start in July in Doha and encouraged the parties “to show the necessary flexibility and foresight, the commitment to peace and most importantly compassion for their people that will be needed to bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion.” UNIFEED

Annexing parts of West Bank will ‘grievously harm’ two-state solution, Secretary-General says, addressing Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian conflict.