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The steep increase in the number of Rohingya refugees risking their lives to cross the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal last year is a reflection of their growing desperation, says the UN refugee agency. UNTV CH

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 Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) Commission, Bankole Adeoye, told the Security Council that “the threat of violent extremism and terrorism continue to loom heavily over the continent and the world at large” and against this global and continental context, “we must redouble our efforts at developing our capacities to sustain peace.” UNIFEED

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said “absolutely nothing” could deter him from bringing justice for President Jovenel Moïse and reaffirmed his determination to do all he could "to find all of the perpetrators, all of the accomplices, and those people who ordered” the “heinous” assassination. 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

The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), Carlos Ruiz Massieu, told the Security Council that the National Liberation Army (ELN) had responded to the Secretary-General’s appeal for a worldwide ceasefire in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, by declaring a one-month unilateral ceasefire. However, he noted, "armed clashes continued between illegal armed groups in several departments, including Cauca, Chocó and Norte de Santander.” UNIFEED

After observing a moment of silence for the eight peacekeepers killed in the line of duty last week, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that peacekeeping in Africa “continues to present some of our greatest challenges,” and called for predictable systems of support for African Union led operations. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that there is “not only a quantitative but also a qualitative change in threats to international peace and security,” including nuclear weapons, climate change, and cybersecurity. UNIFEED

A top peacekeeping official told the Security Council that “the cross-border dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region, as well as the serious challenges posed by transnational organised crime and its links to terrorism continue to pose a serious threat to stability, prosperity and growth in the Sahel region.” UNIFEED

The global challenges facing the small island developing States (SIDS) are the international community’s collective responsibility, today stated the top United Nations official at the Security Council. UNIFEED-UNTV