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The United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting kicked off today in Accra, Ghana. Delegates from more than 85 countries discussed a number of issues related to peacekeeping operations, notably environmental management and how to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office is extremely alarmed by reports that Rapid Support Forces and their allied Arab militia killed hundreds of ethnic Masalit civilians in Ardamata town earlier this month, in yet another ethnically motivated mass attack on non-Arab Masalit civilians in West Darfur in just a few months. UNTV CH

The situation in the Central African Republic.

The situation in Somalia.

Updating reporters on Peace Operations, a UN spokesperson said that in Lebanon a peacekeeper was injured on 12 November, adding that in Mali, the troops from Chad who withdrew from mission’s base in Kidal have now departed the country using routes by road and by air. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said that the outbreak of armed conflict in Sudan in April “interrupted the encouraging signs of dialogue between the Sudan and South Sudan”, and it “effectively put on hold” the political process with regard to the final status of Abyei and border issues. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Marking the recent United Nations Day, the UN top officials in Somalia reaffirmed their support for the Somali government and people as the country continues with its state- and peacebuilding efforts. UNSOM

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Somalia, the Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Catriona Laing said, “conflicts in Somalia continue to take a heavy toll on civilians,” and last year saw “the largest increase in civilian casualties since 2017.” UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said, “Residents of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Lviv, Sumy, Donetsk, Odesa, Kyiv, and other regions continued to face unrelenting and often indiscriminate attacks.” UNIFEED