The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continues to observe Israel Defense Forces military activities in southern Lebanon, including air violations by drones and shelling from the south of the Blue Line with three impacts in Sector West of the peacekeeping missions just yesterday.
Armenia
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, Paruyr Hovhannisyan, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that over 1 million people in Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance, starting in April, due to critical funding shortages. The cuts will also impact almost 100,000 internally displaced people in Rakhine, who will have no access to food without WFP assistance.
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) states that explosive weapons were responsible for nearly half of the more than 47,500 children killed or maimed in more than 24 different conflict zones between 2018 and 2022. The vast majority of these instances occurred in populated areas.
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Françoise Jacob as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Armenia, with the host Government’s approval. Her start date is 9 April.
On 11 December, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will launch its Global Humanitarian Overview for 2024. This is the annual overview of humanitarian trends and needs worldwide — as well as interagency plans to respond to the crises.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun rolling out food distributions to nearly 900,000 refugees in Ethiopia following a full revamp of the safeguards and controls at its refugee operations, with refugee camps across five regions receiving food parcels for the first time since WFP paused food distributions in June.