"POVERTY"

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “while the ceasefire is holding" between Israel and Palestine, "conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held a wide-ranging press conference in Geneva during which he commented, among others, on the issues of systemic racism, sexual violence in Darfur, the effects of cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. UNTV CH

Despite the protracted challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, political instability and funding shortfalls, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has continued to deliver its essential work to provide health care services to Palestine refugees in 2022 across the Agency’s five fields of operation Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza and Syria. UNTV CH

The Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea brings stakeholders together at the UN headquarters in New York from May 22 to 26. UNIFEED / FILE

The Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, Fran Equiza, said that “an estimated 90 percent of Afghans are on the brink of poverty” and “children bear the brunt of it.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said, “Now is the time really to start to work on the root causes of disasters.” UNIFEED

One hundred days after the deadliest earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria's recent history, millions of children and families are struggling to rebuild their lives, with 2.5 million children in Türkiye and 3.7 million in Syria in need of continued humanitarian assistance. UNICEF

The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council that the security situation in the Sahel has remained “very worrying”, with “non-state armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets, and to engage in confrontations over access to resources, territorial control, and influence.” UNIFEED