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U.N. Security Council Adopts Presidential Statement on Guinea-Bissau
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By: Justine N. Stefanelli | November 4, 2019 - 12:16pm
On November 4, 2019, The United Nations Security Council adopted Presidential Statement No. 13 on Guinea-Bissau. The Council expressed "full support" for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and African Union Communiques on developments in Guinea-Bissau from October 23 and 30 (respectively), and condemned the recent violence in Guinea-Bissau that resulted in the death of one civilian and the injury of several others. The Council urged the political actors in the state "to show upmost restraint, refrain from all forms of violence or incitement to hatred, and to resort to dialogue" to resolve their differences. A U.N. press release on the statement is available here.