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Asked about additional funding needed on the Safer oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, a UN spokesperson said, “There is a substantial amount of money being needed,” adding that it might be in tens of millions of dollars more. UNIFEED

There was another attack by CODECO militia overnight in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), “the attack took place at the Plaine Savo camp for displaced people, nine kilometres east of Djugu. Seven people were reportedly killed and many others fled the site,” said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

According to the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), mass graves containing the bodies of 42 civilians, including 12 women and six children, have been discovered in the village of Nyamamba, a UN spokesperson told reporters. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the United Nations is closer than ever to helping the parties in Yemen resolve the grave threat posed by the FSO Safer tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. UNIFEED

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

In a statement issued Monday (2 Jan), UN humanitarian leaders urged Security Council members to preserve the cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria, warning that without it, millions of people, especially those displaced for years and multiple times, will not have access to food and shelter, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

On Friday, a group of unidentified men attacked a humanitarian UN convoy in Yemen that was traveling from Seiyoun to Ma’rib. This attack is alarming and “indicative of the security challenge”, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

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

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

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