Jordan

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Pascale Christine Baeriswyl (Switzerland):

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Jordan on Monday, 10 June, in the afternoon to attend the High-Level Conference called “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Aid for Gaza”, which was organized jointly by Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations.

In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the Israeli military operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp overwhelmed the already limited capacity of hospitals, especially Al Aqsa and Al Awda hospitals in Deir al Baleh and the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres flew from Cairo to Jordan on Sunday, 24 March. He arrived in Amman in the evening.

The United Nations Development Programme, launching their policy brief, “The Human Cost of Inaction: Poverty, Social Protection and Debt Servicing, 2020–2023”, and noting that an 165 million additional people fell into poverty as a result of the cumulative crisis, proposed a “debt-poverty pause” for developing economies.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Sheri Ritsema-Anderson of the United States as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Jordan, with the host Government’s approval.

Before leaving Kyiv today, the Secretary-General said that, while he would keep pushing for a full-scale ceasefire, the United Nations would also keep striving for immediate practical steps to save lives and reduce human suffering, including through local cessation of hostilities and safe passage for civilian and supply routes.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said that, in September, it started delivering emergency relief food assistance to communities in regions bordering war-torn Tigray.  According to WFP, across Ethiopia, more than 13.6 million people are estimated to be food insecure due to a number of factors.

The new Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The Federal Government of Somalia, in consultation with the United Nations, declared a drought on 25 April, with moderate to severe drought conditions impacting 80 per cent of the country.  Seasonal rains then began in late April and early May, triggering flash flooding that impacted 400,000 people, of whom 101,300 were displaced.