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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, despite worrisome developments, “the people of Africa are determined to work relentlessly for a more prosperous, sustainable and peaceful continent,” and noted a “growing cooperation between the United Nations, the African Union, and sub-regional organizations on sustainable development, elections and peace processes.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “without including a wide range of diverse voices at every step” of the peacebuilding process, “any peace will be short-lived.” UNIFEED

The international community should work together “towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response” to build a more robust global health architecture that will protect future generations, world leaders said in a commentary published today in several newspapers around the world. WHO

President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta said, global geopolitics and competition between global powers “have complicated and severely undermined the global response to the COVID19 pandemic,” adding that “they have caused severe anxiety and undermined coordinated responses to an economic and social character that would have left us in a stronger position as a global collective.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has welcomed the signing of an agreement between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his chief rival and former deputy, Riek Machar on Sunday in neighbouring Sudan, on outstanding governance issues and security arrangements in Khartoum as an important step forward in the revitalization of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the country. UNMISS

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced today their concern that three of Kenya’s largest private TV channels remain off the air. UNTV CH

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi visited Dadaab in Kenya, one of the largest and oldest refugee camps in the world, where he met with Somali refugees and urged more global investment and support for Somali refugees living in Dadaab and beyond. UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights commended the peaceful voting in the presidential election in Kenya, but also urged Kenya’s political leaders “to take the responsible path and exercise their leadership to avoid violence.” UNIFEED

Visiting Kenya, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said governments were better “when there is gender equality in the formation of governments.” UNIFEED

At the inauguration ceremony today as the ninth president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo promised to restore Somalia’s dignity and bring peace and reconciliation to the country. UNSOM