Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has allocated $12 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund for food, healthcare, drinking water and shelter, among other life-saving aid, to 200,000 people in Jonglei and Upper Nile States in South Sudan grappling with conflict-triggered displacement and food insecurity.
The new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Ibrahim F. Jimoh, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the eighteenth annual leadership conference and award ceremony “Political Stability and Sustainable Development in Africa in an Increasingly Unstable Global System: A Road Map for Nigeria”, in Abuja today:
In Chad today, a humanitarian response plan was launched, calling for $986 million to assist 3.4 million people, including $540 million dedicated to refugees. The plan comes as Chad continues to face one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the Sahel.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
In Syria, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was able to access Al Hol camp, together with Syrian Government officials, and established contact with some residents. Essential supplies resumed following a three-day interruption, with bread trucks facilitated by UNHCR entering the camp today, and water trucks yesterday..
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that large-scale attacks continued in Kyiv and across multiple regions, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. Authorities reported that parts of Kharkiv were left without electricity and water. Nationwide, more than 100,000 consumers are without electricity.
In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the ongoing humanitarian scale-up is still being held back by restrictions affecting visas and import approvals, too few crossing points operating and limited facilitation of humanitarian movements inside Gaza, among other challenges.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) urges the swift release of 25 girls abducted following a reported attack on a girls’ school in northern Nigeria. This tragic incident is another stark reminder of the urgent need to protect children, schools and the personnel they rely upon to learn safely. It calls for those responsible to be held to account.
