"REFUGEE CAMPS"

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

Overcrowding in Greek island reception centres for refugees and migrants has made conditions for children there increasingly “dire and dangerous”, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said today, warning that many are in “severe emotional distress” and that self-harming is a “possibility.” UNTV CH

One in three children and young people between five and 17 years old living in countries affected by conflict or disaster – 104 million – are not in school, a figure that accounts for more than a third of the global out-of-school population, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

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

Growing military clashes in Syria’s North-West de-escalation zone threaten 3 million, United Nations humanitarian official tells Security Council at 8332nd meeting.

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

In a report marking one year since the start of a huge influx of Rohingya fleeing extreme violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that children living in the cramped and rudimentary refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar District face a bleak future, with few opportunities to learn, and no idea when they might return home. UNTV CH / UNICEF

Visiting Rohingya a refugee camp in Bangladesh one year since the Rohingya plight had started, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Deputy Director-General Peter Salama said “this is one of the most fragile situations I have ever seen.” WHO

The United Nations human rights office "strongly" condemned the attacks by ISIL in civilian-populated areas in Sweida in southwest Syria last Wednesday (25 Jul). UNTV CH

Informal comments to the media by Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and the President of the Security Council for the month of July, and Christine Schraner Burgener, Special Envoy on Myanmar on the situation in Myanmar.