"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

As Somalia crosses its 30th anniversary since the outbreak its civil war, senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to the courage and resilience of Somali citizens who have persevered through some of the “toughest conditions in any country on the planet over the past three decades.” UNSOM

A delegation of senior United Nations officials on Monday visited the Federal Member State (FMS) of Puntland, in Somalia’s north-east, to meet with its leadership on the provision of support. UNSOM

Risk of instability, tension growing, amid glaring inequalities in global COVID-19 recovery, top United Nations officials warn Security Council.

UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that the COVID-19 pandemic “has hindered diplomatic action and complicated our peace-making efforts," adding that “by exacerbating existing fragilities, it has amplified the prevention challenge” and “made the steps needed to address that challenge more urgent.” UNIFEED

Continuing a series of meetings with the leaders of Somalia’s Federal Member States, a delegation of United Nations officials Sunday visited Galmudug to discuss with its leadership how the world body can best support its work. UNSOM

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Top official calls upon Security Council to deploy more peacekeepers in Central African Republic, amid post-election surge in violence.

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the top UN official in the country Mankeur Ndiaye said the CAR “is at grave risk of a setback in terms of security and peacebuilding,” in the aftermath of the elections marred by violence. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing reporters on Monday’s attack in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesperson said, “Two peacekeepers – one from Gabon and one from Morocco – were killed near Bangassou, in the Mbomou prefecture, by alleged combatants from the Coalition of Patriots for Change, the CPC.” UNIFEED