"HUMANITARIAN CRISIS"

A high-level meeting on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond, co-convened by the Secretary-General and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica.

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, told the Security Council that “we are again at a pivotal moment in the search for peace as a convergence of destabilizing factors threatens to pull Israelis and Palestinians further towards a one-state reality of perpetual occupation and conflict.” UNIFEED

A high-level meeting on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond, co-convened by the Secretary-General and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica.

The COVID-19 pandemic is “a catastrophe” but also “a generational opportunity to shape our future for the better,” the UN chief Antonio Guterres said at a high-level virtual event on the sidelines of the 75th UN General Debate. UNIFEED

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz said his country’s experience with "the Iranian regime has taught us that partial solution and appeasement did not stop its threats to international peace and security.” UNIFEED

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that Yemen is at a tipping point as conflict and economic woes drag the country to the brink of famine and risk cancelling out the gains made through humanitarian action in the past few years. WFP

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi ended a two-day visit to Syria with an appeal for increased international assistance to relieve the plight of families still struggling to secure even the most basic provisions years after the end of fighting in some areas. UNHCR

Conflict zone populations face gravest threat of hunger amid COVID-19, aid experts tell Security Council, warning food insecurity worldwide expected to double by year’s end.

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

Amid rising COVID-19 infection rates, medical supply shortages in Syria, more testing key to gauging extent of outbreak, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.