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UNHCR opened a reception centre in March in the Colombian city of Maicao, providing temporary shelter to hundreds of vulnerable Venezuelan refugees who have been living in the streets. Darlys and her two children are among them. UNHCR

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

Presenting the report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence, his Special Representative, Pramila Patten, said “wars are still being fought very much on and over the bodies of women and girls.” UNIFEED

Press conference held by Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

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

Supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a construction of a Child Protection office within South Sudan’s People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) headquarters is undergoing. It demonstrates the South Sudan military’s commitment to a child free army. UNMISS

The UN refugee agency said “students, former public officials, opposition figures, journalists, doctors, human rights defenders and farmers” are among some 62,000 Nicaraguans who have fled their country in fear for their lives since anti-Government demonstrators began last April. UNTV CH