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As heavy fighting continues, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN seeks the highest funding appeal ever for Sudan; nearly $3 billion is needed for urgent humanitarian aid. UNTV CH

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its emergency operations in Sudan, every day reaching thousands more people whose lives have been upended by the ongoing fighting. WFP

With the conflict in Sudan entering its second month, the United Nations and its partners today called for US$3 billion to help millions of people in the country and hundreds of thousands fleeing to neighbouring countries. UNHCR

Following a high-level field mission with the UN Refugees Agency to the border regions of Chad with Sudan, where 60,000 refugees have arrived recently, Education Cannot Wait’s Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced a US$3 million First Emergency Response grant. ECW

Briefing journalists in Geneva, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, declared that Mpox is no longer a global health emergency. WHO

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and partners scale up aid efforts to reach more people escaping conflict in Sudan. Over 30,000 refugees have so far been verified, physically counted and identified in Chad as registration exercises continue. UNHCR

UNICEF is advocating for safe passage for children and their families trapped in conflict areas and is working to provide supplies and services, including water, critical health care, vaccine, access to basic supplies and services, emergency supplies, child protection and mental health support to those who have been affected by the conflict. UNICEF