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Briefing via teleconference from COP14, which takes place in New Delhi, India, from 2 to 13 September, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ibrahim Thiaw, said land degradation is generating a “huge loss to the world economy,” estimated to be “between 10 and 17 percent of the global GDP.” UNIFEED

A surge in “deliberate” attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost two million youngsters “robbed of an education”, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNTV CH / FILE

More than 1.9 million children have been forced out of school in West and Central Africa due to an upsurge in attacks and threats of violence against education across the region, UNICEF said in a new report. UNICEF

Marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism, UN chief António Guterres said “traumatic memories cannot be erased, but we can help victims and survivors by seeking truth and justice, lifting their voices and upholding their dignity." UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, told the Security Council that “democratic progress has been delayed and complicated, and sometimes, almost negated by a rapid expansion of violent extremism in the region.” UNIFEED

The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to a new report released today by UNAIDS. UNAIDS

Prime Ministers of Palestine, Burkina Faso, Jamaica and Serbia addressed the 108th International Labour Conference today in Geneva, Switzerland. ILO

An upsurge in violence in areas of north-west Nigeria beyond the reach of humanitarians has forced thousands of people to flee to neighbouring Niger, UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Bintou Keita called upon the Members of the G5-Sahel to “most urgently accelerate the full operationalization of the Joint Force so that it can finally reach its full operational capability.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemned” the attack on a Catholic church in central Burkina Faso that left six dead, a UN spokesperson read in a statement on Monday. UNIFEED