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

Marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism, UN chief António Guterres said “traumatic memories cannot be erased, but we can help victims and survivors by seeking truth and justice, lifting their voices and upholding their dignity." UNIFEED

Briefing Security Council, Special Envoy warns new clashes in Yemen risk expanding humanitarian crisis, violence, stresses need to implement Stockholm Agreement at 8598th meeting.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said questions regarding the country’s future are being “posed more forcefully than before” adding that the “fragmentation of Yemen is becoming a stronger and more pressing threat.” UNIFEED

Greater alignment and coordination of communications efforts in Somalia, and the benefits of such cooperation, were among the main points of discussion at a gathering of Somali and international communicators today. UNSOM

As part of the observance of World Humanitarian Day, Somalia highlighted the contribution made by women humanitarians to peacebuilding efforts in the country. UNSOM

Marking World Humanitarian Day on its tenth anniversary, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller said that “as respect for the laws of war weaken around the world, aid workers are increasingly vulnerable when they are more needed than ever before.” UNIFEED

The United Nations marked World Humanitarian Day today at its New York Headquarters with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony paying tribute to the lives lost on this date in 2003 during an attack in Baghdad, and honouring the contribution of tens of thousands of women humanitarian aid workers who provide life-saving support to vulnerable people caught up in crises.UNIFEED

Visiting Brazil´s northern state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela, the UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said the international community must do more to aid thousands of Venezuelans crossing each day, many of them seeking protection. UNHCR

A record number of people – 6.9 million, or more than 60 percent of South Sudan’s entire population – do not know where their next meal will come from, according to the World Food Organization (WFP) as the humanitarian community marks the World Humanitarian Day observed every year on 19 August. WFP