"HUMANITARIAN CRISIS"

The Al Hol camp, Syria’s largest site for refugees and displaced persons, has been the site of 12 killings since the beginning of the year, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today. UNTV CH

United States’ designation of Houthi militia as foreign terrorist organization risks expediting large-scale famine in Yemen, speakers warn Security Council.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said he is “extremely concerned about the impact of the decision from the United States to designate Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.” UNIFEED

World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the three-years-long drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. WFP

In southern Madagascar, “famine-like conditions” have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance compared with last year, to more than 1.3 million; successive droughts and a lack of jobs linked to COVID-19 restrictions are to blame, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said of one of the two humanitarian assessment missions to Ethiopia has entered the Tigray province as the other was unable to proceed “due to additional permissions requested by the authorities.” UNIFEED

As more than 52,000 Ethiopian refugees have fled the Tigray region over the past six weeks into eastern Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and partners have launched an urgent appeal for funding needs. UNTV CH

The United Nations and partners today launched an appeal for USD 254 million to provide urgently needed assistance and protection to more than 1.1 million people affected by violence, conflict and insecurity in the Cabo Delgado area and neighbouring provinces of Mozambique. UNTV CH

Nationwide ceasefire, progress on constitution vital to political solution in Syria, Special Representative tells Security Council.

The United Nations warned that next year, “more than half of all Yemenis will go hungry,” with “five million people to be living just one step away from famine and about 50,000 people to live in famine like conditions.” UNIFEED