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Bridging the Funding Gap: Voluntary Contributions for Prevention, Mediation and Peacebuilding
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Political Missions: Versatile Tools for Broad Range of Peace and Security Challenges
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Peace and Security News Briefs

UN Security Council urges ‘comprehensive response’ to piracy off Somali coast 7 November – Condemning the acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, the United Nations Security Council today called for a comprehensive response to prevent and suppress such acts and tackle their underlying causes. DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice 7 November – Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with investigations into the incident. Attacks against places of worship in Afghanistan rise sharply, UN warns 7 November – Afghanistan has seen a sharp increase in attacks against places of worship, religious leaders and worshippers, with civilian casualties since 2016 representing nearly double the cumulative number of the preceding seven years, the United Nations mission in the country said Tuesday in a special report. Security Council recognizes contributions of police components to UN peacekeeping 6 November – The Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution stressing the important contribution that United Nations policing can provide in peacekeeping and special political missions throughout the conflict cycle. Lebanon: As Prime Minister's resigns, UN chief hopes all sides focus on support for State institutions 5 November – Concerned by the news that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has offered to resign, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed the hope that all sides will focus on supporting the continuity of Lebanon's State institutions. 'Failure to broker peace' hinders solutions to displacement, UN refugee chief tells Security Council 2 November – The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Thursday urged global leaders to find political solutions to the world's conflicts, if the swelling numbers of forcibly displaced people are ever to return home. UN envoy welcomes full return of Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority 1 November – The United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process on Wednesday welcomed the full return of the Gaza crossings to the control of the Palestinian Authority. FEATURE: As Afghan war grinds on, a marginalized young generation raises its voice 31 October – Confronting the horrors of a war they hope to end one day, young Afghans are making themselves heard through traditional media and on the Internet. These Afghans, many educated and non-traditional, are countering messages from militant groups which seek to play upon ethnic and religious differences to encourage violence. In Tehran, UN atomic chief says Iran implementing nuclear-related commitments 29 October – Visiting Iran, the head of the United Nations atomic energy agency on Sunday reiterated that the commitments undertaken by the country under the nuclear accord of 2015 are being implemented.                         Strategic Communications and Public Affairs                            United Nations Department of Political Affairs                         Office of the Under-Secretary-General                         Follow us on twitter: UN_DPA