Iraq’s recent national elections, held under the 2005 Constitution and conducted in a well-run, generally peaceful manner, marked a hard-won victory for the country, despite taking place in the shadow of an unprecedented wave of violent countrywide demonstrations in 2019 and 2020, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations peacekeeping mission reports that some 16,000 people fled to a camp located near its Temporary Operational Base, following deadly attack deadly attacks by the CODECO armed group in Drodro, Ituri province. The mission has reinforced security in the area.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (Mexico):
The World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries has risen from 42 to 45 million people, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The agency said needs are vastly surpassing available resources at a time when traditional funding streams are overstretched.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (Mexico):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
A United Nations Children’s Fund report released today shows that at least 200 million schoolchildren are living in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures. It warns that the situation could be far worse than the available data shows.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Martin Kimani (Kenya):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The humanitarian crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia is spiralling out of control, with 5.3 million people requiring food aid and 400,000 in famine-like conditions, according to United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths. In the past week, 79 trucks carrying aid arrived in Tigray, but 100 truckloads are needed daily.
