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More than 700 health care workers and patients have died since December 2017 and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities, according to a three- year analysis by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), released today. UNTV CH

Press Conference by T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and President of the Security Council, on the programme of Work for the month of August.

The Government of Italy has made an additional (USD) 2 million contribution to fund the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP) that seeks to boost job creation, access to economic opportunities for women and youth, development and strengthen governance to boost economic growth in Somalia. UNSOM

There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said Monday (12 Jul) – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year. FAO

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula said the “cost of inaction” in the country is “too high,” adding that the humanitarian crisis there has escalated in recent years “due to repeated climate shocks, protracted conflict, insecurity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the worst desert locust infestation in a generation.” UNIFEED

Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the media on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia.

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

General Assembly adopts resolution calling for stronger action against new, emerging threats, as speakers assess progress in advancing global counter-terrorism strategy.

Presenting his report on children and armed conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the Security Council and all countries to “strongly support the protection of children in all ways at all times,” and stressed that there is “no place for children in conflict, and we must not allow conflict to trample on the rights of children.” UNIFEED

Presenting the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, UN Special Representative Virginia Gamba said, “children can no longer be the last priority of the international agenda nor the least protected group of individuals in the planet. We need to give children an alternative to violence and abuse.” UNIFEED