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

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

Press conference by United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council in March 2021 on the United Nations Security Council programme of work in March.

Following the Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming moderates a press conference with panelists Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Per Olsson Fridh, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, and Manuel Bessler, Delegate of the Federal Council and Head of Swiss Humanitarian Aid.

In a statement read by UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the outcome of today’s High-Level Pledging Event is disappointing adding that cutting aid to Yemenis is a “death sentence.” UNIFEED

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

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

The United Nations together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland will convene on 1 March a virtual pledging conference for Yemen, which remains the world's largest humanitarian crisis. OCHA

Aid organisations are warning of a potential humanitarian disaster as hostilities rise and civilians flee the fighting in and around the city of Marib, some 120 kilometers east of the Yemeni capital Sana’a. UNTV CH

Security Council reauthorizes deployment of African Union Mission in Somalia, unanimously adopting resolution 2563 (2021). Security Council renews ban on destabilizing actors in Yemen, mandate of Sanctions Committee Expert Panel, adopting resolution 2564 (2021).