"EMERGENCY RELIEF"

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

Amid widespread food insecurity due to conflict, humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that “famine will happen in Somalia,” and added that “it will not be the only place either.” UNIFEED

Preventing conflict most effective way to prevent famine, senior officials stress, warning Security Council millions of people ‘are marching towards starvation’.

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said, “we seem to fail the people of Syria more each year.” UNIFEED

Political process possible for Syria, but cannot advance until violence abates, senior official tells Security Council.

After touring flood afflicted  regions in Pakistan, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “I have never seen climate carnage on this scale” and added that the affected area, “is three times the total area of my own country, Portugal.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on Somalia.

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

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told reporters, “we are in the last minute of the eleventh hour to avoid a full-blown disaster in Somalia.” OCHA

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is mobilizing resources and staff to scale up its assistance in Pakistan to support local communities and refugees in areas devastated by the catastrophic floods. UNHCR