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Two new drugs being tested on Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) show that more than 90 per cent of people can survive if treated within three days of showing symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. UNTV CH

In a statement read by her spokesperson Rupert Colville today in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet raised her concern following the escalation of violence that has taken place in recent days, in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR). UNTV CH / OHCHR

Members of the Security Council condemned in “the strongest terms the outrageous, deadly and totally inacceptable” car bomb attack on Saturday (10 Aug) in front of a shopping mall in Bengazhi, Libya, which left three UN staff members dead, and three others injured among dozens of civilians also wounded. Council members stood a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims. UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed said “we must remember and highlight that indigenous peoples in many parts of the world still do not enjoy basic rights,” enduring “systematic discrimination and exclusion which threaten their ways of life, cultures and identities.” UNIFEED

Life-saving food aid distribution is set to resume to 850,000 people in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, following guarantees by Houthi opposition forces that the supplies will reach those who need them most, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today. UNIFEED

More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 have received identification cards that the UN insisted today were critical to safeguarding their right to return home. UNTV CH

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy presented a proposal for the creation of a “security and cooperation organization in the Persian Gulf.” He also responded to a statement from Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, and the United States on Georgia. UNIFEED

Reading a statement on behalf of Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, and the United States, Belgian Ambassador Karen Van Vlierberge today expressed regret for the lack of progress on conflict resolution between Russia and Georgia since the signing of two agreements eleven years ago. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said today that the chief of the Organization António Guterres has been following the situation in Jammu and Kashmir “with concern” and made an appeal for “maximum restraint.” UNIFEED

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned today, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late. UNTV CH