"CONFLICT SITUATION"

Afghanistan has endured more than 40 years of conflict which have left 4.6 million people displaced today. UNHCR said it was working with the World Bank, other development and humanitarian partners, and neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran to provide support for refugees, host communities, and the millions of people inside Afghanistan. UNHCR

Nine years into the conflict, Syrians today face an unprecedented hunger crisis as the prices of basic foods reach levels unseen even at the height of the nine-year conflict and millions of people are pushed deeper into poverty, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). WFP

Syrian communities devastated by years of civil war now face an “unprecedented” hunger crisis, just as urgent action is needed to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, UN humanitarians said today. UNTV CH

Grave violations against children still unacceptably high despite unprecedented number of action plans for better protection, experts tells Security Council.

The UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was encouraged by recent calls on the part of Libyan leaders for the resumption of talks with the aim of ending the fighting and division in the country, according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

UN chief António Guterres said COVID-19 makes the protection of civilians in armed conflicts “more challenging than ever – and our support more important than ever.” UNIFEED

The Acting UN's Special Representative for Libya, Stephanie Williams, told the Security Council that despite the Secretary-General’s call for an immediate ceasefire to allow Libyans to respond to the threat of COVID-19 “there has been no lull in the fighting between the Government of National Accord forces and General Haftar’s “Libyan National Army,” and instead, “fighting has escalated with an unprecedented increase in indirect fire in urban areas and a growing tide of suffering for civilians.” UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said Syria’s opposing parties have agreed to resume talks in Geneva as soon as travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic allow. UNTV CH

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen reported that violence continues across the country with a constant risk of escalation “which could unravel existing arrangement” and said, “We must at all costs avoid reversion to the all-out fighting and abuses and violations we have seen before.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council that “the United Nations has provided a feasible roadmap to the parties,” and it is now up to “those with arms and power, to make the decisions to achieve the objectives set out there.” UNIFEED