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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the reports of civilian casualties as a result of an airstrike, which reportedly took place yesterday in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province, his spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

South Sudan’s government, with the support of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), organized a workshop to consult Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the constitution-making process, which is a key component of the country’s Revitalized Peace Agreement. UNMISS

The arbitrary detention, “often under dire conditions, of thousands of migrants and refugees” in Libya, “is a tragic phenomenon that needs to end,” the UN chief said in a video message to the second Berlin conference on Libya, adding that he continues "to call for the immediate release of all refugees and migrants in Libya.” UNIFEED

The UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said more than 50 Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to the Taliban since the beginning of May, most of which surround provincial capitals, “suggesting that the Taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals once foreign forces are fully withdrawn.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is stepping up efforts to support the Government of South Sudan in trying to end conflict-related sexual violence. UNMISS

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General

Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, briefs the press on the Secretary-General's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict.

Marking a decade of independence, South Sudan faces slow progress, lingering violence, Secretary-General’s Special Representative tells Security Council.

Presenting the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, UN Special Representative Virginia Gamba said, “children can no longer be the last priority of the international agenda nor the least protected group of individuals in the planet. We need to give children an alternative to violence and abuse.” UNIFEED

“The UN Country Team today again called for the immediate release of thousands of women, children and men currently in detention” in Myanmar, “almost five months after the military seized control of the government on February 1st,” the UN spokesperson said on Monday. UNIFEED