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The UN humanitarian agencies are warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months due to a combination of insecurity, the coronavirus pandemic, climate induced shocks and record-high food prices in the region. UNTV CH

Mass displacement due to drought and conflict has resulted in devastating food insecurity in the Afar region in Ethiopia, pushing children and their families to the brink. UNICEF

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, concluded a two-day visit to Kenya on 13 May where he saw first-hand the devastating impact of a fourth consecutive failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa. OCHA

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “we are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the authorities.” UNTV CH

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

The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiralling global food crisis - and it’s getting worse, UNICEF warned in a new Child Alert. UNICEF

Briefing by Arif Husain, World Food Programme's Chief Economist, and Rein Paulsen, the Food and Agriculture Organization's Director of Emergencies, on the launch of the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises.

Briefing by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Representative and President of the Security Council for the month of May, on the Council's programme of work for May.

At the end of a four-day visit to Ethiopia, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell urged the international community to immediately scale up support to avert a humanitarian catastrophe due to the drought in Ethiopia and the rest of the Horn of Africa. UNICEF

Warning 'future looks bleak' for Syrians living through twelfth year of crisis, top United Nations officials urge more resources, focus on conflict.