A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis finds that Afghanistan risks losing up to 20,000 women teachers and 5,400 healthcare workers by 2030 as restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment continue. Such restrictions are already costing $84 million annually in lost economic output.
On 28 April 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entries below on its 1988 list of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2816 (2026), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bruno Georges Lemarquis of France as his new Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Resident Coordinator in Afghanistan. Mr. Lemarquis will also serve as the Humanitarian Coordinator.
In Afghanistan, a humanitarian operation to deliver assistance to previously inaccessible areas of eastern Nuristan Province was launched today, coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Afghan Red Crescent Society, and supported by the UN, serving 136,000 people in Kamdesh and Barg-e-Matal.
The World Food Programme (WFP) today called for support for Haiti as it issued a new report that shows that 5.8 million Haitians — 52 per cent of the population — continue to face acute food insecurity. WFP needs $332 million to maintain its crucial operations over the next 12 months.
In Afghanistan, the UN and aid partners have delivered assistance to over 8,000 people so far, including food, cash, health services, emergency shelter and other critical support, after a 5.9-magnitude deadly earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region Sunday, deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis.
In Somalia, fuel prices doubled in recent days, from $0.60 to $1.50 per litre — a more than 100 per cent jump — due mainly to the impact of the escalation in the Middle East, authorities and UN partners report. These rising costs are driving up prices of food and water, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs finds.
The Secretary-General’s report on measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse covering 2025 has been issued. It notes that addressing sexual exploitation and abuse requires a collective commitment to tackling root causes, including inequality and power imbalances within and beyond our institutions.
Many civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure were reported in Ukraine following continued drone and missile attacks over the weekend and early this morning. UN agencies are supporting aid organizations.
The Security Council today decided to extend the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 17 June , as speakers urged the Taliban to reverse its policy banning Afghan women from UN buildings and underscored the Mission’s critical role in supporting the Afghan people amid continuing humanitarian, security and human rights challenges.
