"HUMANITARIAN RELIEF"

A high-level group representing some of Somalia’s main international partners met with South-West State’s leadership to discuss a range of topics related to political, humanitarian and security developments in both the Federal Member State and Somalia as a whole, as well as how they can best provide support. UNSOM

Press briefing by Julien Harneis, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the UN in Pakistan, and Asim Iftikhar, Spokesperson in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, on the launch of the Pakistan Floods Response Plan.

Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the United Nations’ top aid official in Ukraine issued an urgent appeal for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces to allow humanitarians to deliver. UNTV CH

The UN World Food Programme is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms. WFP

Torrential rains in Chad have killed 22 people and destroyed more than 2,000 hectares of farmland since June, impacting more than 110,000 people throughout the country, a United Nations spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ramiz Alakbarov, said that one year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, “the worst-case scenario was averted.” UNIFEED

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), along with the Norwegian Refugee Council, said that more than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the severe drought this year. UNIFEED / FILE

The United Nations and humanitarian partners released a revised Humanitarian Flash Appeal for Ukraine, as the financial requirements have increased from 2.25 billion dollars to $4.3 billion dollars. UNIFEED

Ceasefire between Israel, Palestinian militants ‘fragile’, Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council, urging all parties to uphold truce, safeguard past gains.

Syria’s humanitarian needs are at their highest ever and any move to block aid from reaching the war-torn country should be resisted strongly, a top UN Human Rights Council probe said on Wednesday. UNTV CH