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Launching a new report on zoonotic diseases, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, said, “we were warned that the current pandemic was not a matter of if but when. And it is a human failing that we predict, but we do not prepare.” UNIFEED

Gathered from different warring parties that battled each other during the South Sudan’s civil war, more than 5000 troops from the government’s, opposition’s and other armed groups were gathered at the Alel military training center in the Upper Nile region where they are being trained to become a unified national security force. UNMISS

Uganda has offered safe haven to thousands of people fleeing escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They have been stranded in a remote, inaccessible area since late May, unable to cross due to a COVID-19 lockdown restricting movement in and out of the country. UNHCR

Afghanistan has endured more than 40 years of conflict which have left 4.6 million people displaced today. UNHCR said it was working with the World Bank, other development and humanitarian partners, and neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran to provide support for refugees, host communities, and the millions of people inside Afghanistan. UNHCR

A team of UN peacekeepers deployed to South Sudan along with members of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSMVM) have visited Ras-Olso, a remote community in the Western Equatoria region of the country to investigate the security situation and hear first-hand from the community facing constant attacks and harassment by armed groups. UNMISS

A near doubling of food-insecure people in West and Central Africa -- up to 57,6 million from 36 million -- is expected by the end of 2020 as a result of measures necessary to contain the spread of Covid-19, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday. UNTV CH

The spokesperson for the Office of the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the Office is in the process of analysing the contents of the new National Security Law adopted this week by the National People’s Congress of China, “looking at this very carefully in terms of its compliance with the international human rights obligations” applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). UNTV CH

World is off track to achieve the three zeros of the envisioned global HIV response (zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination) by 2030, according to a new report released by UNAIDS. UNAIDS

Addressing its first open debate on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global peace and security, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council that the consequences can be felt in countries traditionally seen as “stable,” but stressed that it’s impacts “are particularly apparent in countries already experiencing conflict or emerging from it.” UNIFEED

A WHO official said the Organization was “encouraged” by the progress made on candidate COVID-19 vaccines and was “looking forward” to clinical trial results as five vaccines move into phase two of research and one moved to phase three. WHO