"HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS"

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric provided updates on the humanitarian situations in Libya, Sudan, and Niger. UNIFEED

The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that there is a path forward for the Syrian conflict, but if it is not taken, “it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.” UNIFEED

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is “deeply concerned” by escalating tensions and clashes in parts of northern and eastern Mali, including Timbuktu, Gao and Menaka, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is "seriously concerned" about the persistent cases of gender-based violence, particularly in conflict-affected provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNIFEED

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

The United Nations, the Governments of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the European Union and the African Union convened a High-level Ministerial side event on the margins of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly to Support the Humanitarian Response in Sudan and the Region. UNIFEED

With 15 months remaining to the elections scheduled to end the transitional period in South Sudan, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the country, Nicholas Haysom, warned the Security Council that “time is of the essence”. 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 head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes said, "the fighting shows no sign of abating while neither side appears close to a decisive military victory.” UNIFEED

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