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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, told the Security Council that more than 11 million people remain in need of humanitarian assistance across Syria, and said that this year, the United Nations and partners “have reached an average of 5.6 million people a month in all parts of Syria.” UNIFEED

The Nairobi Summit marking the 25th anniversary of the ground breaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) concluded today in the Kenyan capital, with partners making bold commitments to transform the world by ending all maternal deaths, unmet need for family planning and gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls by 2030. UNFPA

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to Bolivia to engage “with all Bolivian actors and offer United Nations support in efforts to find a peaceful resolution” to the Andean nation’s political crisis, “including through transparent, inclusive and credible elections.” UNIFEED

With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN has taken the lead on a global effort to eradicate the disease – and many others – by measuring the impact of releasing millions of sterilized pests across several continents, it announced on Thursday. UNTV CH

A technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. WHO

Advocacy efforts to have women included in leadership roles in South Sudan have yielded fruits in the Lakes area, with the appointment of two women - one to head the regional ministry of education and other to take a seat at the traditional court. UNMISS

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a US$1.35 billion regional plan to respond to the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean and the communities hosting them. UNHCR

According to a UN spokesperson, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said he was “very concerned about the ongoing and serious escalation between Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel following the targeted killing of one of the group’s leaders inside Gaza yesterday.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. WHO

UN peacekeepers in South Sudan visited an isolated community living in extreme poverty in the backcountry of Western Equatoria. UNMISS