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A top United Nations official for Africa told the Security Council that pirate groups in the Gulf of Guinea “are adapting to changing dynamics both at sea and in coastal areas” and said criminal networks may be shifting to “less risky and more profitable” activities. UNIFEED

The General Assembly today elected Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland to the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January of next year. UNIFEED

The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ghada Fathi Waly said, “maritime insecurity, illicit flows, and linkages between transnational organized crime and terrorism all represent major obstacles to achieving peace, security and development in West Africa and the Sahel." She reiterated, "we must encourage political will and increased international support to strengthen comprehensive and cooperative crime responses.” UNIFEED

A top United Nations official told the Security Council that all parties in Yemen “must prioritize civilian needs and abstain from weaponizing the economy, particularly in light of the critical humanitarian situation in the country.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, told the Security Council that “maritime security is being undermined at alarming levels.” UNIFEED

Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti of India, who is presiding the Security Council during the month of August, called for “all violence” and “ties with international terrorism" to end in Afghanistan, as this “will have a direct impact on India.” UNIFEED

The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the authorisation for Somalia anti-piracy measures, which would have expired on 6 December. UNIFEED

In his address to the General Assembly’s general debate, the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, said his country “has resisted the most merciless economic terrorism” and stressed that Iran’s “response to any negotiation under sanctions is negative.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, told the Security Council that “democratic progress has been delayed and complicated, and sometimes, almost negated by a rapid expansion of violent extremism in the region.” UNIFEED

The General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an end to British control of the Chagos Archipelago and for the disputed islands to be handed back to Mauritius. The Prime Minister of Mauritus, Pravind Kumar Juqnauth, said, “the decolonization of Mauritius has not yet been completed and will not be completed until Mauritius is able to exercise sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago,” which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found to be “an integral part of the territory of Mauritius.” UNIFEED