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UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that the security situation in Mali and in the Sahel region as a whole is deteriorating at an alarming rate, adding that there has been “an increase in improvised explosive device attacks against our convoys.” UNIFEED

The UN Security Council “strongly” condemned a terrorist attack on a military base in Chinagodrar, at Niger-Mali border, in which 89 Niger’s soldiers lost their lives. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. UNIFEED

UNICEF released its US$ 4.2 billion 2020 emergency appeal to reach 59 million children with life-saving support in 64 countries across the globe. It is its biggest ask of donors yet, representing 3.5 times the funds requested in 2010. UNICEF

Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita told the Security Council “the situation in the Sahel is of serious concern and urgent action is needed,” and welcomed the commitments and determination of the G-5 Sahel countries to overcome the many challenges they face in operationalizing the Joint Force. UNIFEED

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned of an escalating humanitarian crisis driven by widespread violence and the long-term impact of climate change that has gripped Burkina Faso and neighbouring countries in the Central Sahel region of West Africa. WFP

Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that while “the overall number of peacekeepers have decreased over the last years,” peacekeeping missions “are increasingly faced with challenges that call for a response which UN Police (UNPOL) is particularly well placed to provide.” UNIFEED

A joint monitoring and verification team comprised from UN officials and various South Sudan’s stakeholders found no child soldiers or abducted women at a military cantonment site located in the south west of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria area. UNMISS

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children, food and nutrition. UNICEF

A large number of armed groups “continue to exact an intolerable toll on civilians and added to an already dire humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” Leila Zerrougui, the top UN official in the DRC told the Security Council today and highlighted importance of supporting the new Congolese government “to strengthen state functions and its capacity to govern the country in in accordance of the rule of law.” UNIFEED