"OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA"

Humanitarian, security and political developments including the formation of district councils were among the issues covered in discussions on Tuesday by top United Nations officials in Somalia on their visit to Jubaland. UNSOM

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Amid widespread food insecurity due to conflict, humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that “famine will happen in Somalia,” and added that “it will not be the only place either.” UNIFEED

A high-level group representing some of Somalia’s main international partners met with South-West State’s leadership to discuss a range of topics related to political, humanitarian and security developments in both the Federal Member State and Somalia as a whole, as well as how they can best provide support. UNSOM

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told reporters, “we are in the last minute of the eleventh hour to avoid a full-blown disaster in Somalia.” OCHA

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths visited Baidoa in Bay region, the epicenter of the hunger crisis ripping through Somalia. Despite the immense suffering he has witnessed, he feared that “the worst is yet to come” for the people of Somalia. OCHA

The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, led a field mission to Adediang and Malakal, Upper Nile State, where thousands of people displaced due to the recent fighting in Tonga. OCHA

A $160 million emergency plan to help Pakistan deal with devastating flooding has been launched by the United Nations, aiming to reach “5.2 million of the most vulnerable people in the country”. UNTV CH

Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the United Nations’ top aid official in Ukraine issued an urgent appeal for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces to allow humanitarians to deliver. UNTV CH

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