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"We call on the security forces to respect the right of peaceful protest and refrain from using violence," Volker Perthes, Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), said in a statement. He urged the protesters to commit themselves to peacefulness and avoid violence, Xinhua news agency reported. The UN official vowed to exert all efforts toward a constructive and comprehensive dialogue among all parties to bring the peaceful process back on its track.

In a vote at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, the US was elected along with 17 other countries for a three-year term beginning on January 1, 2022, reports Xinhua news agency. The US won 168 of the 193 votes. In the same regional group, Finland and Luxembourg won 180 votes respectively. The US under the Trump administration withdrew from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council in June 2018, accusing the council of being a "hypocritical and self-serving organisation" and biased against Israel. The US' seat was later taken by Iceland in a by-election.

The research looks in detail at the influence of infrastructure on climate action across energy, transport, water, solid waste, digital communications and buildings sectors. The findings highlight that infrastructure is responsible for 79 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions, as well as 88 per cent of all adaptation costs and therefore the sector is centrally important to achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Covid-19 continues to place immense physical and mental pressures on the 2 million women and men who serve on the world's merchant fleet, Xinhua news agency quoted Guterres as saying.

"Military strength without the will to forge understanding, without the courage to engage in diplomacy, does not make the world more peaceful," he told the General Debate of the 76th session of the UNGA.

Demanding much bolder climate action from G20 nations, Guterres has said, "Developed countries must uphold their promise to deliver - before COP26 - $100 billion dollars in climate finance annually to the developing world."

Much bolder climate action is needed ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (or COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, this November -- with the Group of 20 largest economies in the lead -- to maintain international peace and security, Xinhua news agency quoted Guterres as saying.

"Allowing Afghanistan's health care delivery system to fall apart would be disastrous," Xinhua news agency quoted UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths as saying in a statement on Wednesday. "People across the country would be denied access to primary health care such as emergency caesarian sections and trauma care," he said.

Xi was speaking remotely at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Xinhua news agency reported.

The event on Tuesday saw the participation Oscar winner film director Shekhar Kapur and actor Kabir Bedi speak on the themes, Connecting For Peace and Planet Peace