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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

The Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, told journalists that one of the reasons MINUSMA registers the highest number of deaths among UN missions is that it is “a peace mission but it is being deployed in an environment where there is no peace.” UNIFEED / FILE

In an election year in Mali, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, told the Security Council that the implementation of the peace agreement “needs to remain a priority, and it must not become political football.” UNIFEED

The UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Said Djinnit said “human rights violations and impunity remain central to the instability in the region.” UNIFEED

During an official visit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met in Beijing with Xi Jinping, President of China, where he congratulated the President on his recent re-election. UNIC BEIJING

During a Security Council debate convened by the Russian Federation, its Ambassador, Vassily A. Nebenzia, questioned allegations that it was responsible for the poisoning by a military-grade nerve agent of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. UNIFEED

Highlighting an overall stable environment in Haiti, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council today that the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH’s) main objective “is to build on the achievements of MINUSTAH and is tied to the United Nations overarching goal of consolidating stability and security in the country to facilitate Haiti’s path to longer-term development.” UNIFEED

Following his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, briefed the Security Council on the situation of the 4.5 million people displaced in the DRC. UNIFEED / FILE

The President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today called for global action to bring more women into parliaments through electoral quotas. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary=General for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) told the Security Council that “while national political attention remains centred on the confidence-building measures and progress in the electoral process, the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has continued to deteriorate.” UNIFEED