Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have taken an important step towards a coordinated regional strategy to curb illicit arms, ammunition and explosives trafficking — one of the key drivers of violence and insecurity across the Andean region.
In Sudan, the UN and aid partners are rushing to contain multiple disease outbreaks despite insecurity and limited access. The World Health Organization is responding to a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in West Kordofan State, where there are over 100 suspected cases and dozens of associated deaths.
In Ukraine, humanitarian officials there report that civilians continued to suffer the impact of hostilities over the Easter period. Authorities reported nearly 190 civilian casualties between 18 April and today. The most severe attack occurred in Kharkiv on Good Friday, injuring several people and damaging schools and homes.
The UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee, which brings together leaders of 15 UN humanitarian agencies and large international humanitarian non-governmental organizations, issued a joint statement describing the situation in North Gaza as apocalyptic, with reports of civilians being targeted while seeking safety.
In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports in the north-east of the country the UN carried out a cross-line inter-agency assessment mission to Al-Kisrah district in Deir-ez-Zor, and that is the first such mission since 2018.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Anna Marttinen-Pont of Finland as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bolivia, with the host Government’s approval. Her start date was 1 September.
The World Food Programme (WFP) says its operations are being severely hindered by the escalation of fighting in south and central Gaza, as well as the limited flow of humanitarian assistance and the lack of public order and safety in the south. Despite this, WFP has reached more than 766,000 people in Gaza with food in June.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
In Bolivia, the United Nations is supporting authorities to tackle massive floods, which have been worsened by the El Niño phenomenon and climate change. The Organization is further assessing the impacts on water, sanitation, education, health and shelter.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
