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Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern about threats, attacks against peacekeepers around globe.

With violence flaring across Syria, chief United Nations mediator calls for ‘new means’ of international discussion, as Security Council explores options.

The United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) bid farewell on Friday to four Chadian peacekeepers who perished in a complex attack against the mission’s Aguelhock camp in the Kidal region on 2nd April. MINUSMA

Pakistan launched a drive on Thursday to issue smart identity cards to some 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees, in what will be a vast national campaign to verify data and improve access to critical services. UNHCR

At Security Council debate, speakers call for end to indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices presidential statement urges Including mine action in ceasefire, peace agreements.

As hunger, malnutrition rise in Syria, Security Council must ensure border crossing remains open, aid flows to millions, Humanitarian Affairs chief stresses.

The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90 percent of the country’s children in need of help, as a triple crisis of violence, economic misery and the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed families to the brink of despair, UNICEF reported today. UNTV CH

Sudan faces staggering challenges to democracy despite significant advances on political transition, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Sudan is making “significant advances in its transition” despite “staggering” challenges, the top UN official in Sudan told the UN Security Council, urging for a response to “the needs of communities across the country.” UNIFEED

As pandemic rages on, Syria’s children face graver reality than at any other point of conflict, international aid organization official tells Security Council.