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Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said his country would not accept an Israeli investigation into the events in Gaza as it “is the party that committed the crime” adding that Palestine would be moving in the Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation commission. UNIFEED

UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov was following the situation along the Gaza fence with concern. UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) supports peace, reconciliation and development in Rumbek, the capital of the Lake State, central South Sudan. UNMISS

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

An indigenous human rights activist from Kenya told reporters today that her community is facing threats of violence and evictions from the Embobut forest in the country. UNIFEED

During her visit to South Sudan, a high-ranking United Nations official said she is “particularly appalled by the violence this conflict has brought against women and girls in South Sudan.” UNMISS

Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is projected to reach 3.1 percent in 2018, and to average 3.6 percent in 2019–20, says Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies conducted by the World Bank, released today. WORLD BANK

Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said the idea of creating a mechanism to attribute responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in Syria “no longer makes any sense when Washington and its allies have already determined who is guilty and in essence are already acting as self-appointed executioners.” UNIFEED

Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy dealing with Yemen told the Security Council that a political solution to end the war “is indeed available,” but warned about deteriorating conditions. UNIFEED

The Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) began today at UN Headquarters in New York, with the special theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources.” UNIFEED