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A steady stream of returnees has been making their way home to South Sudan following the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in September 2018 which has resulted to calm in the country. UNMISS

An assessment team from the UN Mission in South Sudan visited on Monday the town of Tombura in a remote area of the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan to monitor the situation on the ground following the extension of pre-transitional period to form a new government of national unity. UNMISS

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen announced on Friday in Geneva that initial discussions on a new foundational document for the war-torn country by its opposing parties have been “successful” and will resume in two weeks. UNTV CH

Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten civilians there, UN Human Rights Office said on Friday. UNTV CH

With 187 member states voting in favour, three against, and two abstaining, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on the United States of America (US) to lift its embargo on Cuba. UNIFEED

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed reports that the US and China may be closing in on a trade deal, spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters today in Washington DC. IMF

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

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, told the Security Council that “the implosion of Libya must carry a heavy burden on the conscience of the international community” and should galvanize support for the Libyan authorities “to bring stability to the country, and an end to the cycle of violence, atrocities and impunity.” 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

The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina said the international community must help the country to go forward rather than backwards, and decried those who would try to deny the genocide that took place in Srebrenica in 1995. UNIFEED