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Unanimously adopting a twinset of resolutions, the Security Council established the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for an initial 12-month period to assist the country’s shift to democratic governance and support the protection and promotion of human rights and sustainable peace, and also extended the mandate of the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), until the 31st of December of this year. UNIFEED

Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of June and Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July brief reporters on the Security Council programmes of work for the coming months. UNIFEED

“The continuing threat of annexation by Israel of parts of the West Bank would constitute a most serious violation of international law,” UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told Security Council, adding that “the fate of the Palestinian and Israeli people must not be determined by destructive unilateral actions that cement divisions and may put peace beyond reach in our lifetime.” UNIFEED

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus announced today the winners of the first Health for All Film Festival, aimed to showcase the role of individuals and communities as champions for health and well-being. WHO

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen told the Security Council, “I strongly believe that Syria needs a ceasefire arrangement that results in sustained calm and is nationwide in scope – one that does not see new assaults across lines of contact, and enables Syrians to access equipment and resources necessary to combat COVID-19.” UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that the “dangerous prospect of annexation by Israel of parts of the occupied West Bank is a growing threat.” He also said that the past month has seen inspiring examples of cooperation across conflict lines in the common battle against the virus. UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov called for “an immediate stop to the firing of rockets and mortars that only risk dragging Gaza into another round of hostilities with no end in sight.” UNIFEED

UN chief Antonio Guterres said this was a time for “dialogue, for reconciliation, and for reason,” and urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to “demonstrate the necessary will required to advance the goal of a just and lasting peace.” UNIFEED

Speaking on behalf of the EU members of the UN Security Council, Philippe Goffin, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Belgium said “the annexation of any parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem constitutes a breach of International Law,” and that EU members “do not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over territories occupied since 1967.” UNIFEED

Addressing a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Secretary-General António Guterres said “resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains key to sustainable peace in the Middle East” and warned about “actions that would erode the possibility of a viable and contiguous Palestinian State based on the two-State solution and that are contrary to international law and UN resolutions.” UNIFEED