Yemen

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reports the situation along the Blue Line remains very tense, with daily exchanges of fire that have left destruction and claimed lives on both sides of the Blue Line.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that repeated waves of displacement — combined with overcrowding, insecurity, crumbling infrastructure, active hostilities and limited services — is worsening the humanitarian situation there, which is already catastrophic.

Calling on the Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, for the immediate release of all detained humanitarian and diplomatic staff in Yemen, the United Nations’ top official in that country underscored today that the Security Council must continue supporting its political transition.

The surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of African countries is a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization warns. The Agency has released $1.45 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies and may release more in the coming days.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is concerned about flooding in West and Central Africa that, just two months into the rainy season, has impacted over 700,000 people. The Central Emergency Response Fund allocated $10 million this year to Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Niger.

In Libya, the United Nations Mission there expressed its concern at the recent mobilization of forces in various parts of the country, particularly in the southern and western regions.

On 30 July 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) removed the following entries from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities:

Seven months of an escalatory trajectory in Yemen — accompanied by threats of a full-scale return to war — reached a new and dangerous level, the Organization’s senior official for that country warned the Security Council today, as he expressed deep concern about a drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Houthis on 19 July and the subsequent Israeli retaliatory attacks on Hudaydah port on 20 July.

In Ethiopia, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UN agencies are conducting a humanitarian assessment today of the displacement and damage caused by heavy rains and landslides impacting over 14,000 people, with the aim of bringing food, medicine and water, sanitation and hygiene support.