"OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA"

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.

Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some 1.9 million people, a “15-fold increase since 2017”, UN humanitarians said today. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations has joined the national efforts to provide immediate assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by floods that have devastated parts of Somalia, especially Belet Weyne district in Hirshabelle State. UNSOM

United Nations spokesperson Farhan Haq expressed concern over “the impact of stepped up fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where civilians have been caught up in an escalation of fighting between the Myanmar Military and the Arakan Army in Rathadaung Township in recent days.” UNIFEED

Chair of Somalia Sanctions Committee stresses need to update long-standing restrictions on arms imports, in Security Council briefing at 8647th meeting.

Turkey’s military operation has displaced thousands of civilians, worsened Syria’s dire humanitarian crisis, top official warns Security Council at 8645th meeting.

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