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The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, called for pledges made in support of the G5 joint force to be “disbursed and made available to the G5 as quickly as possible so that the momentum can continue and G5 force can continue in the process of beefing up its capacity.” UNIFEED

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, said the Venezuelan people “have a choice to freely change the ship’s course, the course of the nation, towards the right or towards the left." UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that it could contribute to peacebuilding and sustaining peace stressing that investment in conflict prevention “pays off in human lives, in financial savings and in development gains.” UNIFEED

Marina has been displaced twice as shells continued to rain down on her village in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Now she must make do in a ramshackle shelter, caring for four generations of family while hoping peace will allow them to pursue happier and safer lives. UNHCR

Free coding and digital courses at the ReDI School for Digital Integration equips refugee women in Germany with computer skills to help them join a growing network of women working in technology. UNHCR

UN Assistant-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller said after seven years of conflict in Syria “the needs of Syrians have never been higher” and called on the international community to turn commitments in today’s Brussels conference into “concrete action.” UNIFEED

Students at Abukloi Secondary School in Rumbek, in the Western Lakes region of South Sudan have formed Peace and Human Rights clubs, calling for peace and an end to violence perpetuated by ethnic divisions. UNMISS

The UN Human Rights Office and the African Union on Tuesday (24 Apr) agreed to enhance their strategic partnership to prevent and address human rights abuses and violations on the continent before they grow into full-fledged crises. OHCHR

North Korea’s recent announcement to suspend its nuclear and missile tests and shut down its Punggye-ri atomic test site has been welcomed by the head of the nuclear watchdog organisation CTBTO -- with the caveat that it should lead to a “sure, definite” and “irreversible” commitment to ban nuclear testing. UNTV CH

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