"UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA"

With more than 50 percent of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the majority of Ukraine’s oblasts being without electricity while winter sets in, the humanitarian needs for the population are rising by the day. UNTV CH

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

Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, said, “I want the parties to the conflict to not only renew the truce but crucially to commit to taking steps towards a comprehensive resolution of the conflict.” UNIFEED

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

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

This morning, the United Nations, led by Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, delivered supplies to help thousands of civilians in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, less than 72 hours after the Government of Ukraine regained control of the city. OCHA

Advocating for quotas for women in Syrian political bodies “of at least thirty percent,” the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said in over nearly 12 years of conflict, “there is almost no indignity Syria’s women and girls have not suffered.” UNIFEED

Somalia Sanctions Committee Chair briefs Security Council on experts panel final report, recommendations.

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

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