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The top United Nations official in Libya echoed the call from a conference co-chaired by Libya, France, Germany, Italy and the United Nations in Paris on 12 November, for all Libyan stakeholders and candidates “to respect their commitments towards holding elections” slated for 24 December. UNIFEED

WHO’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on all governments to “implement a comprehensive and tailored approach of public health and social measures” to prevent COVID-19 transmission and “take the pressure off health systems and save lives." WHO

UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said any unlawful attempts to prolong or discredit the electoral results process in the country, “or worse: to alter the electoral results through for instance intimidation and pressure, can only backfire,” and called on all stakeholders “not to go down that path.” UNIFEED

UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes said there is a need for a “new deal” in the United States for “comprehensive national human rights legislation to prevent the increasing exclusion [and] discrimination, and also [to] attack hate speech and hate crimes” experienced by minorities. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council that ongoing delays in the electoral process in Somalia, “continue to stall progress in other critical areas and hamper the achievement of national priorities beyond the elections.” UNIFEED

UNMISS recently organized a three-day forum in Juba, bringing together recently elected leaders at the county level across Central Equatoria to sensitize them on the important role they play in ushering in a new era of durable peace and development for all citizens of this South Sudanese state. UNMISS

Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, UN agencies today urged all parties to respect their human rights and to refrain from using them for political ends. UNTV CH

Secretary-General António Guterres said exclusion and inequalities “have a devastating cost in terms of security” and are “a factor in the growing instability.” UNIFEED

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real” adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in the wider region would be immense, compounding the many crises besetting the Horn of Africa.” UNIFEED

International calls for the restoration of a democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the Human Rights Council met in a special session in Geneva to discuss the recent coup by the Sudanese military against the Transitional Government. UNTV CH