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Talking to reporters following a meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization, Argentina’s Foreign Minister Felipe Solá said the United Kingdom “is not acting to protect” the residents of the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas and is instead “acting exclusively to maintain a colony there that in fact is a military base.” UNIFEED

Addressing the European Parliament, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the EU to become a “powerful bridge-builder” in the run-up to COP26. EUROPEAN UNION

Despite progress in recent years, population groups in Bulgaria who are most vulnerable to HIV infection are not aware of their HIV status and are reluctant to seek testing at health institutions due to fear of potential stigma. WHO

A five-day forum set up by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to build trust for an inclusive government in Western Equatoria brought together government officials, religious leaders, women, and youth, all of whom converged in Yambio to make their voices heard and deliberate on governance, economy and services delivery. UNMISS

Aid workers in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been the target of attacks 225 times in the first five months of 2021, and the current situation in the country “is eroding the social fabric and undermining efforts for peace and stability,” the top UN official in the CAR told the Security Council on Wednesday. UNIFEED

South Sudan’s government, with the support of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), organized a workshop to consult Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the constitution-making process, which is a key component of the country’s Revitalized Peace Agreement. UNMISS

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, urged the world to step-up and take action after bearing witness to the invisible crisis enveloping Southern Madagascar, where whole communities are teetering on the edge of starvation. WFP

At the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed concern about an “accelerated deterioration in the human rights situation” in Nicaragua and said, “this makes it less possible for Nicaraguans to fully exercise their political rights in the 7 November elections." UNTV CH

The UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said more than 50 Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to the Taliban since the beginning of May, most of which surround provincial capitals, “suggesting that the Taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals once foreign forces are fully withdrawn.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is stepping up efforts to support the Government of South Sudan in trying to end conflict-related sexual violence. UNMISS