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“Our existence on this planet depends entirely on our ability to protect the natural world around us,” the President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said at the opening of the Biodiversity Summit, where activists and senior UN officials are calling for urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development. UNIFEED

U Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister of the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar said, “Efforts to prevent ARSA and its supporters in the camps of Cox’s Bazar from hampering the bilateral repatriation process must be enhanced as such activities pose a risk to both Bangladesh and Myanmar.” UNIFEED

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “deeply disturbed” by the reported loss of civilian lives and injuries, as well as damage to civilian property and infrastructure in Nagorno-Karabakh, a spokesperson said today. OHCHR

In a video message, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada told the General Assembly’s General Debate that “the world is in crisis, and not just because of the last few months, not just because of COVID-19.” The pandemic, he said, “is our wake-up call, and we cannot ignore it.” UNIFEED

The President of the European Council Charles Michel said, “the European Union is defending the rules-based international order and cooperation based on universal values. The European Union wants to be stronger, more autonomous, and firmer, to defend a fairer world.” UNIFEED

United Nations top officials commended parties to the Sudan peace agreement signed in Juba on 31 August and called on others to “engage in dialogue and negotiations with the transitional authorities.” UNIFEED

“Today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, and proposed “governance models and structures that work for the common good, with an intergenerational perspective.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet acknowledged the “positive steps taken recently by the Government of Venezuela” but noted that her Office continued to document “cases of repression of peaceful protests in the context of the state of emergency in place since March, including the arrests of demonstrators protesting against low wages and pensions, poor public services and fuel shortages.” UNTV CH

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic is a “clear test of international cooperation – a test we have essentially failed” as a result of a “lack of global preparedness, cooperation, unity and solidarity.” UNIFEED

The Burkina Faso’s Defence and Security Forces “are fighting terrorism with professionalism, in strict compliance with the rules of engagement that govern their actions,” the country’s President Roch Kabore said in his address to the UN General Assembly. UNIFEED