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The Security Council failed to adopt a Russian-proposed draft resolution regarding the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. UNIFEED

Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - twice as many as in 2020 - are in extreme jeopardy in central Sahel and caught up in a brutal armed conflict with insecurity spilling over into neighboring countries, the UN Children’s Fund said today. UNTV CH

According to UNICEF, 10 million children are in extreme jeopardy in central Sahel as insecurity seeps into neighbouring countries. UNICEF

Briefing Security Council members during a meeting on the situation in Somalia, Chair of the Committee said that the panel will continue to pursue investigation into Al-Shabaab finances. UNIFEED

The UN's Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths appealed for USD 4.3 billion to assist 17.3 million of Yemen’s most vulnerable people, after years of grinding war and economic hardship. UNTV CH

Children in Ukraine have endured violence, trauma, loss, destruction and displacement since the Russian full-scale invasion in February 2022, leaving 4.1 million children in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, UN humanitarians said. UNTV CH

The United Nations has announced the name of the three peacekeepers that were killed in Mali on Tuesday. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, Valentine Rugwabiza, said, “We are seeing progress as a result of the Government’s increased ownership, such as in the preparations for the local elections, the reform of the security sector, the extension of State authority and the adoption of an operational framework for border management.” UNIFEED

Three peacekeepers in Mali were killed and five others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an explosive device, according to the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA. UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today deplored the human cost of the war in Ukraine that has left at least 8,006 civilians dead and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months, in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.” OHCHR / UNTV CH