"DISPLACED PERSONS"

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has established a temporary base in Tambura to help reduce tensions, protect civilians and restore stability. A major lack of healthcare and a dramatic rise in malnutrition in the camps is another life-threatening factor they have to contend with. UNMISS

At the UN Mission in South Sudan, 850 peacekeepers from Nepal received Wednesday the United Nations medal for their service to the cause of durable peace across the African country, during a time when subnational violence and displacement have been exacerbated by the spread of COVID-19. UNMISS

Ongoing conflict in Tambura, South Sudan, has displaced tens of thousands and children. Schools have been destroyed by armed attackers and students as well as teachers have been frequent targets. Many teachers have fled for their lives while numerous school-going children have been forced by these dire circumstances to leave their homes and shelter at the UNMISS temporary base in the area. UNMISS

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric told journalists “fierce fighting” continues in Yemen, “including in Marib, Shabwah and Al Bayda governorates, where clashes have escalated over recent weeks,” and said “this escalation is having an increasingly devastating impact on civilians.” UNIFEED

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said, as Afghanistan braces for an expected harsh winter, vulnerable Afghans need increased support and humanitarian assistance. UNHCR

Press Conference by Mary-Ellen McGroarty, World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Afghanistan, on the situation in Afghanistan.

Press briefing by Andrew Kirkwood, Acting Resident, and Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in Myanmar, on the situation in the Myanmar.

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Jeel Albena is the winner of the UNHCR’s 2021 Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize that honours those who have gone to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced or stateless people, for helping rebuild lives on the conflict’s frontlines in Yemen. UNHCR

The event marks the formal submission of the report of the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement to the UN Secretary-General by the co-chairs of the panel, concluding an 18-month process that the Panel undertook following its appointment by the SG last year.