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After a consultative meeting between members of the Security Council and members of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), Swedish Ambassador Olof Skoog, said “the challenges to security and development we face are common, and increasingly interconnected” and “when African countries respond, they also respond on our behalf.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua in New York. UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson told reporters that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed recent actions taken by several European countries to collectively end a standoff on the Mediterranean where some 450 refugees and migrants had been stranded at sea amid a battle over disembarkation. UNIFEED

In a small town of Idanha-a-Nova in central Portugal, a pilot scheme to attract investment and manpower is now also including refugees, who arrived in Portugal as part of the European Union (EU) Relocation Scheme. UNHCR

At the closing of a High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at United Nations Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres said “important progress” has been achieved around the world towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda, but “we are lagging or even backtracking in other areas that are fundamental to our shared pledge to leave no one behind.” UNIFEED

The UN Special Representative to the African Union told the Security Council that the “complex” peace and security challenges in Africa cannot be addressed by the UN or the AU alone adding that partnership is “not a choice but a necessity.” UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office is concerned about a spike in intercommunal violence in Mali which has led to serious human rights abuses by militia groups. The head of the UN Human Rights and Protection Division in Mali, Guillaume Ngefa, said there are targeted killings between communities. OHCHR / FILE

At an event convened to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary, Secretary-General António Guterres said the South African civil rights leader “stands today as a beacon for universal values, peace, forgiveness, humility, integrity, passion, respect and service.” UNIFEED

UNAIDS issued a report which found that new HIV infections are rising in some 50 countries in a stark wake-up call to countries that time is running out to reach the 2020 targets for HIV. UNIFEED / FILE

During an event in Geneva marking Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, South African officials said that Mandela would have been “deeply concerned” by the plight of migrants and the rise of populist politics today. UNTV CH