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A High-level event at United Nations Headquarters brought together key sports stakeholders such as the President of the Football Federation of Cameroon, former FC Barcelona player Samuel Eto’o, and technology leaders to address the existing gaps and threats of trafficking in sports and how technology can be utilized to find lasting solutions. UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released “at once”, following their detention by coup leaders last month. In a statement, Türk urged the generals to immediately restore constitutional order. UNTV CH

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) expedited its withdrawal from Ber in the Timbuktu region, by one day, due to a deteriorating security situation in the area, including risks to the safety and security of UN personnel. UNIFEED

UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, Reena Ghelani, told the Security Council, “The threat of famine - people starving slowly to death - must be a red line.” UNIFEED

The Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, said “the unfolding crisis” in Niger, “if not addressed, will exacerbate the deteriorating security situation in the region.” UNIFEED

The head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, said, “The crisis in the Sahel is the sum of complex circumstances, and its resolution requires concrete, realistic and long-term support from the region and beyond, in order to achieve lasting peace.” UNIFEED

The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to terminate the UN Peacekeeping mission in Mali as of June 30, 2023. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres called on all political actors in Sierra Leone and their supporters “to adhere to the 25 May presidential candidates’ peace pledge, and to contribute to the holding of transparent, credible and peaceful elections,” his spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, told the Security Council that a decline in piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea “is due to the significant efforts of national authorities" as well as "the support of regional and international partners.” UNIFEED

A new UN early warning report has found that acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “hotspots” comprising 22 countries. WFP