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Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said he did not seek a second term after it became “clear” to him that the permanent five members of the Security Council would not support him over his criticism of those countries. UNIFEED / FILE

Informal comments to the media by Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the President of the Security Council for the month of August, on the situation in South Sudan and Yemen.

The Security Council issued statements expressing “grave concern about the level of food insecurity in South Sudan” and at the recent attacks in Saada, Yemen by Saudi-led coalition forces. UNIFEED

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

UN agencies said today that an airstrike on a busy market area in Yemen that reportedly killed scores of people including more than 20 children is likely the worst attack on youngsters in the conflict so far, but just the latest in a recent spate of violence targeting civilians. UNTV CH

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

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

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

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

A top UN official warned that an attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent a third cholera epidemic in the war-torn country. UNTV CH