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UN Secretary-General António Guterres was “shocked by the massacre of civilians, during recent attacks attributed to the ADF in the villages of Tingwe, Mwenda and Nzenga, near Beni territory in the province of North Kivu,” a UN Spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

UN humanitarian affairs chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that even as active conflict in some areas has subsided in Syria, “economic decay and the compounding impact of COVID-19 are driving deterioration in people’s life experiences. Food insecurity and malnutrition are expected to rise significantly, as is the overall number of people in need.” UNIFEED

United Nations Security Council called for “the withdrawal of all foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya” and underlined the importance of “a credible and effective Libyan-led ceasefire monitoring mechanisms.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said preventing genocide ultimately involves all of society, and stressed the need to “work harder to repair the fissures and polarization that are so prevalent in our societies today.” UNIFEED

Top UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding officials briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan, as the UN is winding down its peacekeeping mission in Darfur and at the same time preparing to launch an Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan on 1 January 2021. UNIFEED

In a recorded message issued today for the launch of the 2021 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO), Secretary-General António Guterres said, “conflict, climate change and COVID-19 have created the greatest humanitarian challenge since the Second World War.” UNIFEED

A fourth round of intra-Syrian talks hosted by the United Nations in Geneva started on Monday. UNTV CH

UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Khawla Matar informed the Security Council that plans are being finalized for the fourth session of the Constitutional Committee Small Body to convene from 30 November to 4 December in Geneva. UNIFEED

International donors pledged financial and political backing for Afghanistan’s peace process at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva, anticipating a sustainable ceasefire that will help the country rebuild and heal after decades of conflict. UNTV CH

“Tangible progress was achieved” in the Libya peace process, with the increase of internal flights connecting major cities and the exchange of detainees continues, the UN top official in the country Stephanie Williams told the Security Council on Thursday. UNIFEED