The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is monitoring the situation in the Pyla plateau, where peacekeepers have stepped up patrols and are maintaining a visible presence on the ground, following the observation of unauthorized entry by Turkish Cypriot security personnel into the United Nations buffer zone.
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In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a five-day vaccination campaign led by the Ministry of Health is under way supported by WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA, donors and partners, to vaccinate children under the age of three, including in hard-to-reach areas.
In Lebanon, over 1.1 million people are now registered as displaced. In the past month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has supplied over 280,000 litres of fuel to some 45 pumping stations and wastewater stations nationwide, and the UN and its aid partners have distributed over 3 million meals and over 65,000 food parcels.
The UN Peacebuilding Fund has approved $2.5 million for an anti-corruption initiative in Guinea-Bissau to strengthen the country’s oversight and audit institutions, advance digital solutions and reinforce partnerships with national stakeholders.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today issued a report detailing unrelenting violence against human rights defenders in Colombia over the past decade, with an average of just under 100 killed every year. The High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that the structural causes of this tragedy must be addressed.
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.
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.
In Iran, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that between 600,000 and 1 million Iranian households are now temporarily displaced inside their country as a result of the ongoing conflict. This is a preliminary assessment and that adds up to about 3.2 million people.
In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that ongoing restrictions on aid operations are worsening an already critical humanitarian situation. One example is the growing number of generator failures in hospitals due to the lack of spare parts and lubricating oil.
The Special Representative on Violence against Children presented her annual report to the Human Rights Council earlier today, highlighting the alarming trends in cyberbullying and the urgent need for the entire online ecosystem to act faster and together to protect children.