"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

UN Special Representative for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said, “it is always the political will that can make a difference.” UNIFEED

Preventing conflict most effective way to prevent famine, senior officials stress, warning Security Council millions of people ‘are marching towards starvation’.

A high-level group representing some of Somalia’s main international partners met with South-West State’s leadership to discuss a range of topics related to political, humanitarian and security developments in both the Federal Member State and Somalia as a whole, as well as how they can best provide support. UNSOM

The head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the longer the political paralysis will last in the country, “the more difficult it will become to return to the transition which UNITAMS is mandated to assist.” UNIFEED

Recent violence has displaced thousands in Upper Nile in South Sudan, leading to an influx of newly displaced persons at the UN Protection Site in Malakal. Against this backdrop, UNMISS Force Commander Mohan Subramanian made his maiden visit to Malakal and Kodok. UNMISS

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

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council that Somalia is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with some 7.8 million Somalis — nearly half of the country’s estimated population — impacted by the worst drought in at least four decades, exacerbated by climate factors. UNIFEED

Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that “notable progress” has been made in addressing the priorities outlined in Action for Peacekeeping Plus (A4P+) and called for “stronger and more unified support from the Council to advance the political efforts of our operations.” UNIFEED

Speakers in Security Council emphasize placing political solutions at centre of peacekeeping operations, call for more concise mission mandates.

The high-level forum, convened by the GA President Abdulla Shahid, offered an an opportunity to the Member States and Observers of the United Nations and other stakeholders to renew their commitments to the full and effective implementation of the UN Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, with particular emphasis on advancing peacebuilding by ensuring justice, equality and inclusion.