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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly said, “as the Security Council has recognized, linkages between terrorism and organized crime are complex and multifaceted, posing a serious threat to international peace and security.” UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said that a number of COVID-19 vaccines are “now in phase three clinical trials and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.” WHO

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, successive conflicts in recent decades have seen systematic use of rape and sexual assault by all fighting forces. SOFEPADI, a Congolese non-governmental organization, assists with psychological support to women, children and men who have suffered from this violence. OHCHR

The UN Human Rights Office has today launched a report that details how women detained in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to multiple and serious human rights violations by State security and police officials. UNTV CH

Six months after the WHO declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today said, "almost 16 million cases have now been reported to WHO, and more than 640,000 deaths. And the pandemic continues to accelerate." WHO

Calling progress in Syria ‘vastly insufficient’, Special Envoy tells Security Council of need for meaningful action on humanitarian, human rights front.

The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon “condemned the gruesome killing of four aid workers and a security guard by non-state armed groups,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

Fresh reports have emerged that COVID-19 has prompted fresh displacement in war-torn Yemen and forcing those on the move to sell what little they have in order to survive, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. UNTV CH /IOM

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Equateur Province continues to grow, causing major concern as the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners face critical funding gaps. Confirmed cases have now surpassed the total number recorded during the province’s last outbreak in 2018. WHO

A humanitarian convoy loaded with food and supplies for communities desperate for support arrived at the township of Tambura in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan, delivering aid to hundreds of people who were forced to flee their homes during recent violence and are now in dire need of food and shelter as well as protection. UNMISS