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20/11/2019
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DAILY WRAP 19 November 2019

WFP/Marwa Awad
 ‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, warns UN food agencyViolent attacks by extremists “almost every day” in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have displaced nearly one million people and caused emergency levels of malnutrition, UN humanitarians have said.

UN News/Reem Abaza
 UN ‘regrets’ new US position on legality of Israeli settlementsThe longstanding position of the UN regarding Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory – that they are in breach of international law – is unchanged, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during a press briefing on Tuesday in New York, reacting to the policy reversal announced by the United States.

MINUSMA/Gema Cortes
 Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Israeli settlements, Sahel crisis, Iran protests, reconciliation for peace, World Toilet DayA recap of Tuesday’s stories in brief: UN ‘regret’ over US settlements reversal; Almost daily attacks plunge Sahel into ‘three-country crisis’;  live ammunition reportedly used against Iranian protesters; reconciliation helps ‘repair fractures’, promote peace; call for poorest countries to take leading role in their own development agendas; and World Toilet Day.

MINUSMA
 Reconciliation helps ‘repair fractures’, enable lasting peace, Security Council hearsThe UN Security Council this Tuesday has been debating what one activist labeled “the toughest and arguably most important part of the peace-building cycle”: reconciliation.

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 US pardons for accused war criminals, contrary to international law: UN rights officeA presidential pardon for two United States soldiers accused of war crimes, and a sentence reduction for a third, “run against the letter and the spirit of international law which requires accountability for such violations”, the United Nations human rights wing said on Tuesday.

UNMISS/Isaac Billy
 UN updates guidelines to ensure successful return to civilian life for former combatantsIncreasing hurdles which prevent former combatants from returning to a peaceful civilian life have prompted the UN to update its standard practices, in an effort to ensure they remain “fit-for-purpose for years to come”.

Credit: UN Information Centre Tehran
 Iran protests: Live ammunition reportedly used, says UN human rights officeReports indicating that dozens of people have been killed in continuing protests across Iran – some by live ammunition – are of deep concern, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said on Tuesday.

UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
 UN strengthens ties with Eurasia regional body to tackle terrorism and crimeImproving understanding of the nexus between terrorism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking is essential, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his address to a high-level meeting involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a leading player in diplomacy in Eurasia.

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