"HUMANITARIAN RELIEF"

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, told the Security Council that the scale of needs inside Syria is “at the worst level since the conflict began”. UNIFEED

WHO is launching its 2023 health emergency appeal today for US$ 2.54 billion to provide assistance to millions of people around the world facing health emergencies. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has increased by almost a quarter compared to 2022, to a record 339 million. WHO

Secretary-General António Guterres condemned air strikes that killed and injured dozens of civilians during what spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay called “a grim weekend” for civilians in Ukraine. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Since June 2022, a combination of heavy rains and riverine, urban, and flash flooding has led to an unprecedented natural disaster in Pakistan. Floods have affected 33 million people, with more than 1,730 lives lost as well as 2 million housing units impacted, and several thousands of schools and hospitals damaged or destroyed. FILE

As 2022 comes to an end, the conflict in Ukraine shows no signs of waning. UNIFEED / FILE

The Security Council adopted a “landmark” resolution establishing a humanitarian exemption to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes. UNIFEED

Adopting Resolution 2664 (2022), Security Council approves humanitarian exemption to asset freeze measures imposed by United Nations sanctions regimes.

Security Council Media Stakeout by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, on the Security Council's adoption of a resolution establishing a humanitarian carve-out to UN sanctions regimes.

General Assembly adopts four draft resolutions to fortify lagging relief system, as world faces unprecedented levels of conflicts, humanitarian needs.