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At a press conference in New York today, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said his Government could “only hope sanity will prevail in Colombia”, that the deadline for the entry of humanitarian aid would remain “a big show, and that they don’t try to open the doors to a military intervention” in Venezuela. UNIFEED

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Peace Operations, and Smaïl Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, brief reporters on the Central African Republic as a guests at the noon briefing. At the podium is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A UN spokesperson told reporters in New York that nearly seven million people in South Sudan face “acute food insecurity” this year. UNIFEED

World Food Programme (WFP) urgently needs USD 570 million to feed twelve million of the most vulnerable and food insecure Yemenis for the next six months. Some twenty million Yemenis – or 70 percent of the population – would be severely food insecure without humanitarian food aid. WFP

Following a meeting with the partners of the Central African Republic at the UN Headquarters on Friday, the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said “we have a momentum” to rally around the implementation of the peace agreement. UNIFEED

United Nations Human Rights office is “concerned by the news from Egypt” where fifteen people have been executed so far this month. UNTV CH

South Sudan’s Defense Minister Kuol Mayang Juuk has announced that the government will integrate an Action Plan on grave violations against children into the army training curriculum. UNMISS

Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations: “Emerging Challenges to Multilateralism: A Parliamentary Response”.

Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations: “Emerging Challenges to Multilateralism: A Parliamentary Response”.