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Addressing a High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said that “to achieve a sustainable and lasting peace, to definitively close the door on a conflict that during over five decades has become embedded in society, it is the greatest challenge that a nation could face.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today told a High-Level meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace that “sustainable, inclusive development, deeply rooted in respect for all human rights – economic, social, cultural, civil and political – is the world’s best preventive tool against violent conflict and instability.” UNIFEED

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Syrian refugees in Lebanon are struggling to make ends meet as the majority borrow money to cover their basic needs such as rent, food and health care. UNHCR

United Nations Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake told the Security Council “on peacebuilding strategies and action plans, young people must be key stakeholders, not mere recipient of directions.” UNIFEED

Manar, a single mother of three, is among Lebanon’s vulnerable refugees who benefit from the cash assistance provided by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), helping her ensure her children’s education. UNHCR

Thanks to a solar power project funded by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), doctors and nurses at the Teaching Hospital in the country’s capital Juba, can now assist those in need despite often powercut-offs. UNMISS

Central bank governors and finance ministers of the G20 nations met in Washington on Friday at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. IMF

At the Security Council’s final meeting on Liberia, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alexander Zouev said today marked a “historic milestone” for the country after 25 years of constant presence on the Council’s agenda. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, Jean Arnault said, “throughout the implementation phase of the Peace Agreement, circumstances have occasionally tested the commitment of the two parties to stay the course. They have stayed the course.” UNIFEED

More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday. This was the second release of children in a series, supported by UNICEF, that will see almost 1,000 children released from the ranks of armed groups in the coming months. UNICEF