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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which calls on the Myanmar armed forces to immediately stop all violence against peaceful demonstrators and civilians and calls on countries to prevent the flow of arms into the country. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener urged the Security Council to “speak in unity” as half the population is expected to live under the poverty line by next year in the situation continues. UNIFEED

The Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Helen La Lime, said it was imperative that local, parliamentary, as well as presidential elections take place as scheduled in the fall of this year and called on all Haitian stakeholders to “urgently set aside their differences, askew their narrow interests and work together to tackle the protracted political, structural and social issues that hinder the country's progress.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Joint Statement on Strategic Stability issued by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States following yesterday’s summit in Geneva, “especially the reaffirmation of their adherence to the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, condemned the “proliferation of messages inciting hatred, violence and hostility between communities in several provinces of the country,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths today (15 Jun) told the Security Council that Yemeni men, women and children “are suffering every day because people with power have missed the opportunities presented to them, to make the necessary concessions to end the war.” UNIFEED

The insecurity in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, an oil rich and agricultural potential area, ravaged by a six years civil war, then followed by a fragile peace, is currently undergoing a difficult transition from war to a sustainable, durable peace. UNMISS

The United Nations top official in Mali told the Security Council that “the time has come for Malian leaders to rise above partisan politics and personal interests and work together in earnest to address the crisis in the interest of their country and its future.” UNIFEED

A five-day joint military exercise between UNIFIL peacekeepers and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) using live ammunition concluded on Friday in an open field south of UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura. The “Steel Storm” drill, led by UNIFIL’s Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) and conducted between the two forces twice a year, involved armored assets, machine gun and small arms live fire. UNIFIL

The UN country team in Myanmar remains “deeply concerned over the continued use of force against children,” and called on security forces “to refrain from violence and keep children and young people out of harm's way,” the UN spokesperson said on Thursday. UNIFEED