"BOMBINGS"

Catherine Colonna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, said, “What are our principles? They are those that this Assembly reaffirmed by overwhelming majorities when it condemned - three times already - Russian aggression against Ukraine.” UNIFEED

Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious on the planet after COVID-19, infecting around 10 million people each year. 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis each year. WHO

The President of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Caputova told delegates at the annual General Assembly Debate that the time for talking, discussions and promises “is over,” adding “this General Assembly must start with the ultimate purpose, for which the UN was founded: restoration of peace.” UNIFEED

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts maintained at the UN Human Rights Council that serious international crimes continue to be inflicted against the people in Myanmar by the country’s military junta and affiliate militias, while armed conflict has intensified substantially. UNTV CH

The number of civilians killed and injured by cluster munitions in the past year has reached with more than 1,000 casualties the highest ever recorded, mostly due to their use in the Ukraine war, said the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) civil society group today at the launch of its report. UNTV CH

Families risk perilous journeys in conflict plagued Sudan, desperate to find safety in South Sudan. Many arrive in remote parts of the country where humanitarian organisations are struggling to provide emergency services as the rainy season continues. UNHCR

Families escaping conflict in Sudan continue to cross into remote border areas in South Sudan that lack infrastructure and services, forcing many to live in difficult conditions, now worsened with the onset of the rainy season. UNHCR

Many of Ukraine’s 6.7 million children between three and 18 years-olds will be missing out again on their education when the new school year starts later this week as indiscriminate attacks on schools have persisted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. UNTV CH

The United Nations marked the 20th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad. Since 2009, every 19 August has been designated World Humanitarian Day. UNIFEED

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.