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Nearly 100 days of war in Ukraine have wrought devastating consequences for children at a scale and speed not seen since World War II, UNICEF said today. Three million children inside Ukraine and over 2.2 million children in refugee-hosting countries are now in need of humanitarian assistance. Almost two out of every three children have been displaced by fighting. UNICEF

On Peacekeepers Day, United Nations officials expressed concern about deteriorating political and security conditions affecting peacekeeping operations. UNIFEED

The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts. UNHCR

UN Refugee Agency Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements visited Ukrainian refugees who crossed into Moldova at the Palanca border point. The refugees were taken on minibuses to a nearby transport hub run jointly by UNHCR and the Moldovan authorities. UNHCR

Amid the humanitarian crisis sparked by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, labour markets are being disrupted both in the country and in neighbouring states. An estimated 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the Russian aggression, according to a new brief by the International Labour Organization (ILO). ILO

On the second day of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ visit to Moldova, he commended the Moldovan people for their generosity and solidarity towards those fleeing the war in Ukraine as he met with the country’s president, Maia Sandu, pledging to scale up the United Nations response to the humanitarian crisis. UNIFEED

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

Marking his first visit to Chișinău on the 30th anniversary of Moldova’s membership to the UN, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked Moldova, the “small country with a big heart” for opening its doors to almost half a million Ukrainian refugees, by far the most of any country as proportion of its own population. UNIFEED

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

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