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Announcing the creation of the Group of Friends of Women in the Sahel, Niger’s Ambassador Abdou Abarry said, “no society can possibly hope to prosper today in the 21st century if it systematically excludes half of its population.” UNIFEED

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as the current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda, according to a new UN report issued on Thursday. UNIFEED

Following a mandatory 10-day quarantine, the newly appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Beatrice Wani-Noah and toured various UN facilities in capital Juba on Monday. UNMISS

The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of crimes related to Sri Lanka's 37-year long civil war that ended in 2009. UNTV CH

The 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice – held in a hybrid format amid pandemic restrictions – opened in Kyoto on Sunday with calls for renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and recover from the pandemic. UNIS VIENNA

Participants at the ninth African Fiscal Forum discussed how Sub-Saharan African countries continue to grapple with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, and how the pandemic has jeopardized years of hard-won development gains and upended the lives of millions of people. The Forum also provided an opportunity for participants to consider the relevant fiscal reforms that are required to spur recovery in the region. IMF

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

The Federal Government of Somalia and its international partners on Monday gathered in the capital Mogadishu for a one-day, high-level meeting dedicated to taking stock of the progress made by the country in various areas, as well as agree on priorities ahead of it. UNSOM

The importance of improving security and the rule of law for the long-term future of Somalia was the focus of a high-level meeting on Monday which brought together top officials from the country’s Federal Government and Federal Member States (FMSs), the United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and other international partners. UNSOM