"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

Bangladeshi peacekeepers are traveling to remote parts in Northern Mali to provide security and free medical consultations to villagers in remote areas. MINUSMA

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

Following a meeting of the International Support Group to Central-African Republic (CAR) in Bangui, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, “partners and friends” of the CAR “are united and determined to advance the peace accord towards a happy conclusion.” MINUSCA

“Partners and friends of the Central African Republic are united and determined to advance the peace accord towards a happy conclusion” said the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix at a press conference, following a meeting of the International Support Group to Central-African Republic (CAR) in capital Bangui. MINUSCA

A high-level delegation led by the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, travelled into the heart of opposition territory in the central Equatorias, the only part of the country where political violence continues despite the signing of a peace deal to end the war that has plagued South Sudan for almost six years. UNMISS

Political changes in Sudan could affect mandate of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Joint Special Representative tells Security Council at 8513rd meeting.

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, met with Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin Archange Touadéra in Bangui. MINUSCA

The Joint Special Representative for the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) said Darfur “is not, and cannot, be immune from what is happening at the national level” and hoped that the situation “does not deteriorate further and have a negative impact of the UNAMID’s envisaged exit.” UNIFEED

Security Council renews Mandate of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei to continue supporting Joint Border Verification Mechanism at 8509th meeting.

Marking the 25th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, UN chief António Guterres said the commemoration gives “an opportunity to once again raise our voices against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance.” UNIFEED