"HUMANITARIAN CRISIS"

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

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

With Democratic Republic of Congo at ‘pivotal moment’, Security Council co-chairs outline mission visit, saying peaceful handover of power possible at 8369th meeting.

United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock called on national and international partners to reinforce joint efforts to address the dire humanitarian needs in the conflict-affected northeastern Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. OCHA

United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Ali Al Za’tari said the UN was “not encouraging” Syrian refugees to return to the country but is still providing assistance to those who chose to return. UNIFEED

Four days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, United Nations agencies and partners have warned that some communities have yet to be reached and the death toll may rise, as the scale of the destruction unfolds. UNTV CH

Addressing the General Assembly, the President of the European Union Donald Tusk said, “only collective responsibility can offer effective solutions to global phenomenon such as migration and forced displacement.” UNIFEED

Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, told the General Assembly that his country “is the victim of a permanent aggression” and “has been subjugated for the past two years through a series of unilateral and illegal measures of economic persecution, of economic blockade.” UNIFEED

The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, told the General Assembly that “peace is the goal of all Colombians,” but stressed that “peace must be rooted within the rule of law, combining the public goods of security as well as justice.” UNIFEED

In response to news reports announcing the opening of “humanitarian corridors” in Yemen, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that it is continuously working with all parties to identify the safest and most reliable routes to assist people in need in Yemen’s major port city Hudaydah. UNTV CH