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Daily Wrap 19 August 2020 MINUSMA Mali coup: UN peacekeeping mission 'must and will continue' operations The United Nations continues to monitor the ongoing situation in Mali, where soldiers arrested the President and several members of his cabinet in a military coup on Tuesday.  Peace and Security UN News/Jing Zhang Jordan: Closing teachers' union, detaining officials, 'serious' rights violations Jordan must reverse the decision to close a 140,000-strong teachers' union and detain its leaders, independent UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, while also urging the authorities to lift gag orders prohibiting public discussion of the case.  Human Rights © OCHA/Halldorsson Syria constitutional reform talks, hold promise for new social contract Constitutional reform talks between Syria's Government and opposition leaders next week in Geneva, offer an opportunity to reconcile differences and establish a social contract with people across the country, who are desperate for progress after more than nine years of war, the Special Envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday.  Peace and Security © UNICEF/UNI340770/ G20 countries urged to stop 'COVID generation' from being locked out of the classroom A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20 group of leading industrialized nations to help stop the pandemic from leaving tens of millions of children from becoming known as the "COVID generation", denied a proper education. Culture and Education WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie UN salutes real-life heroes doing 'extraordinary things, in extraordinary times' Marking World Humanitarian Day, top UN officials are honouring the workers overcoming "huge challenges" to save and improve the lives of millions of women, men and children, hit hard by crises and the COVID-19 pandemic.  Humanitarian Aid UNSMIL Libya: UN human right chief appoints independent investigators to probe abuses UN-led efforts to address serious rights violations in Libya, received a boost on Wednesday with the appointment of three independent investigators to document abuses in the war-torn country.     Human Rights © UNICEF/LeMoyne Bosnia and Herzegovina should recognise sex crime survivors' rights, say experts In Bosnia and Herzegovina, tens of thousands of victims of sexual violence committed during conflict in the 1990s still await justice, UN-appointed rights experts said on Wednesday. Law and Crime Prevention Coronavirus Portal & News Updates Readers can find information and guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN, World Health Organization and UN agencies here. For daily news updates from UN News, click here. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences