"OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA"

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said the country had been kept safe from the recent regional crisis as “Yemeni leaders and leaders from the region have deliberately exercised restraint and withheld from acts of provocation.” UNIFEED

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

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

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

At least 300,000 civilians have fled their homes in northwest Syria amid intense air and ground bombardment, with winter conditions worsening an escalating humanitarian crisis, the United Nations said today. UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At the United Nations briefing in Geneva Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in Libya as well as on a new draft legislation “which risks further jeopardizing the independence of the judiciary in Poland.” UNTV CH

Devastating drought in Lesotho has left more than half a million people facing severe food shortages and tens of thousands “one step away from famine”, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday, in an appeal for funds. UNTV CH

Describing vast scale of need, humanitarian official urges Security Council to renew authorization for lifesaving cross-border aid delivery in Syria at 8694th meeting.

In her briefing to the Security Council today, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller highlighted the importance of cross border assistance for vulnerable people in Syria adding that, without the operation, “we would see an immediate end of aid supporting millions of civilians.” UNIFEED