"CIVILIAN PROTECTION"

General Assembly: 40th plenary meeting, 78th session.

General Assembly: 39th plenary meeting, 78th session.

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

Media stakeout, following the Security Council meeting, by Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the latest escalation with Israel, the UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan on Wednesday “to rein in the carnage” there. UNTV CH

The situation in the Central African Republic.

Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan, S/2023/777.

Civilians accounted for 85 percent of casualties by landmine and explosive remnants of war in 2022, half of them were children, according to a UN-backed civil society report released today. UNTV CH

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said, “Sudan's civilians have suffered through almost seven months of intense conflict and a humanitarian tragedy that only grows bleaker by the day,” noting that “over half of the population, 25 million people, require assistance and protection.” UNIFEED

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