"EARTHQUAKES"

The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, said that “with nearly 70 percent of the world's population living in cities, the future of humanity is urban.” UNIFEED

While UN humanitarians scale up the response to survivors of the flood disaster in Libya which wiped out entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead and many more missing, the UN’s aid chief warned that mental health care will be a huge issue for survivors of that catastrophe and the Moroccan earthquake last week. UNTV CH

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the tropical storm Daniel caused “a calamity of epic proportions” in Libya, noting that “the true toll of this disaster is still emerging”, but local officials have reported over 5000 deaths, thousands more missing and over 35 thousand displaced and homeless. WHO

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960. UNICEF

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

A UN spokesperson said that the Secretary-General “was profoundly saddened to learn of the earthquake that hit Morocco which claimed many lives.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 78th Session of the General Assembly.

The United Nations (UN) has completed the 200th cross-border mission to north-west Syria since the first inter-agency visit to Idleb, that took place on February 14th, following the earthquake that hit that month, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

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

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