Cyprus

On Monday night, 27 July, the Secretary-General arrived in Cyprus to express his commitment to support for Cypriot communities in the search for a comprehensive and sustainable settlement of the Cyprus issue.

By 2050, Latin America will have 38.3 million fewer school-age people, a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found. It recommends integrating data on migration, births, enrolment and location to safeguard investment in education.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today warned of the staggering scale of people trafficked worldwide by criminal networks and forced to participate in online scams in a multi-billion-dollar criminal industry. Between 2022 and 2025, IOM assisted over 3,500 victims across South-East Asia.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where as of 25 July, confirmed Ebola cases reportedly reached 3,200, the UN and partners continue to assist authorities on surveillance, contact tracing, laboratory testing and patient care. The World Food Programme has provided over 140,000 meals and food to vulnerable people.

Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ramiz Alakbarov, reports eight Member States have committed almost $58 million to the UN Horizon Fund for recovery in Palestine. He called on more partners to join the initiative.

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza launched today with the Lebanese Government an appeal for an additional $331.5 million, bringing the overall Flash Appeal for March through August to nearly $640 million, to sustain life-saving efforts for 1.4 million people in Lebanon.

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.

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has allocated $48 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to maintain aid operations of the UN Humanitarian Air Service, run by the World Food Programme, in Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan and Syria.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

The Secretary-General has approved a request by Papua New Guinea to renew eligibility for the Peacebuilding Fund’s Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility until the end of 2030 to advance joint UN-Government efforts in the context of the Bougainville post-referendum peace process.