"HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES"

Briefing the Security Council, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam “means the plight of people in Ukraine is set to get even worse.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the increased suffering of the people in the country “is not a result of aid organizations not being there or aid organizations not doing anything. The suffering of the people is a result of a war.” UNIFEED / FILE

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the short-term ceasefire signed by both sides of the conflict “is supposed to enter into force tonight, it shall remain in effect for 7 days, it is renewable, and it should allow civilians to move and humanitarian access to get to the people.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN seeks the highest funding appeal ever for Sudan; nearly $3 billion is needed for urgent humanitarian aid. UNTV CH

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Refugee Agency are launching a joint appeal to scale up the response and reach all those in need in Sudan and in neighbouring countries. OCHA

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths called for “clear, definitive agreements, commitments in writing”, to protect the movement of humanitarian supplies, and humanitarian workers, as well as “to stop the looting that happens of humanitarian stocks so that aid agencies can do the job they only know best.” OCHA

Two weeks after the fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, imposing fear, deprivation, trauma and suffering on the civilian population, the human rights situation in Sudan continues to dramatically deteriorate. UNTV CH

The number of conflict-related deaths between 2020 and 2021 increased worldwide by 46 percent, largely due to increasing violence in Afghanistan, Yemen and Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH

Briefing reporters today on Haiti’s current food security crisis, World Food Programme's Country Director, Jean-Martin Bauer, wondered “how bad things need to get in order for actions to happen?” UNIFEED