"VIOLENCE"

Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

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

The 850 UN peacekeepers from Nepal who are deployed in South Sudan received today the United Nations medal for their service during an especially challenging time when conflicts and displacement have been exacerbated by the spread of COVID-19 across the war-torn African country. UNMISS

The World Food Programme (WFP) said humanitarian conditions in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as the spectre of hunger looms over the country with conflict, torrential rain and flooding disrupting people’s access to food. WFP

In a video message, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece told the General Assembly’s General Debate that “Turkey's actions undermine international law and threaten the security and stability of the broader region of the Eastern Mediterranean and of all EU member states.” UNIFEED

“Today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, and proposed “governance models and structures that work for the common good, with an intergenerational perspective.” UNIFEED

High level meeting discussing the death penalty and gender dimension: exploring disadvantage and systemic barriers affecting death sentences.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said, “women face gender discrimination in the application of the death penalty,” adding that “women are judged not only on the basis of their crime, but because they are perceived to have betrayed traditional gender roles.” UNIFEED

In a video message, Colombian President Iván Duque told the General Assembly’s General Debate that the “dictatorial regime” of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro’s “supports itself with the profits of the drug trade; it shelters terrorists; and is a constant threat to democracy in the region and the whole world.” UNIFEED

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “effective multilateralism requires effective multilateral institutions. We must rapidly implement comprehensive and meaningful reforms, starting with the restructuring of the Security Council.” UNIFEED