"SECURITY SECTOR REFORM"

Adopting resolution 2629 (2022), Security Council extends mandate of Libya support mission until 31 July, asks Secretary-General to appoint Special Representative.

Amid executions, forced disappearances in Mali, mission head tells Security Council little progress made towards implementing peace agreement.

A recent two-day training by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) brought together participants from the country’s Central Equatoria State to discuss managing returns and the reintegration of Internally Displaced People and Returnees. UNMISS

UN Special Representative for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said, though progress has been “undeniably slow, there is still space, even a window of opportunity, to capitalise on the country’s relative stability to pursue genuine democratic transition.” UNIFEED

South Sudan not ready for free, fair elections given failure to implement peace agreement, human rights activist tells Security Council.

In a new report, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet highlighted “continuing trends toward militarization and ethno-religious nationalism that undermine democratic institutions, increase the anxiety of minorities, and that impede reconciliation” in Sri Lanka, according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

Security Council reauthorizes African Union Mission in Somalia for three months, unanimously adopting resolution 2614 (2021).

Cautiously welcoming power-sharing agreement in Sudan, Special Representative tells Security Council constitutional declaration must be respected.

In South Sudan’s Upper Nile town of Malakal, the UN peacekeeping mission (UNMISS) conducted a training to emphasize the full and equal participation of women in security and rule of law apparatus across the country as a vital tool in safeguarding the rights of women and girls. UNMISS

Continued attacks by illegal armed groups in Central African Republic thwarting progress towards implementing peace agreement, Special Representative tells Security Council.