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Nearly 130 children were released from the armed forces this week, in South Sudan’s area of Yambio. It is the fourth time juveniles who had been recruited into the armed forces are being freed this year to rejoin their families and restart their lives as children. UNMISS

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that protecting people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the latest Ebola Virus outbreak is going to be “very, very complex”, given the huge logistical challenges and ongoing conflict. WHO

The United Nations human rights office "strongly" condemned the attacks by ISIL in civilian-populated areas in Sweida in southwest Syria last Wednesday (25 Jul). UNTV CH

Unanimously adopting Resolution 2431 (2018), Security Council extends mandate Of African Union Mission in Somalia, authorizes troop reduction at 8321st meeting.

The United Nations (UN) said more than 180,000 people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in south-west Syria after weeks of escalating hostilities that have restricted aid access to the area. UNTV CH

Briefing Security Council on Colombia, Special Representative underlines progress in peace accord, while also voicing concern over deadly acts of violence at 8319th meeting.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, visited Bambari Town on Saturday. MINUSCA

Any further violence in Gaza, occupied territory, risks inflaming already fragile situation, High Commissioner warns in briefing to Palestinian Rights Committee at 390th meeting.

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