"PEACE PROCESS"

Captain Cecilia Erzuah, a peacekeeper from Ghana, received the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for promoting the role of women in peace and security. UNIFEED / FILE

As South Sudan grapples with multiple challenges, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, urged political leaders to galvanize momentum in peace processes so that free, fair, and credible elections can be held on time. UNMISS

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “while the ceasefire is holding" between Israel and Palestine, "conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence.” UNIFEED

Like many countries across the African continent, South Sudan has a larger population of women than men. However, civil war, unceasing conflict and cultural barriers have combined, to ensure that women continue to be under-represented in public life. UNMISS

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, is “very concerned” with the situation in Israel and Palestine and the UN has confirmed that 15 Palestinians have been killed, including 10 civilians, a Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Speaking at the opening of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the region in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call to all the armed groups to lay down their arms “immediately and rejoin the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said armed groups – both local and foreign – must lay down their arms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and efforts must be redoubled to advance a lasting, sustainable peace in the region. UNIFEED

Commenting on the “shocking” incidents of violence at the Holy Sites and tensions across the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “The current trajectory is neither sustainable nor inevitable.” UNIFEED