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In Roraima, the Mobile Health Units of the International Organization for Migration help bring medical assistance to Venezuelan indigenous people and their host communities in one of Brazil's hardest-to-reach areas. IOM

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

Presenting the latest set of policy briefs on Our Common Agenda, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “the international community needs to take urgent steps under current arrangements to relieve the burden on developing and emerging economies,” stressing that “beyond emergency measures, we need a structural response.” UNIFEED

Security Council Extends Sanctions on South Sudan for One Year, Adopting Resolution 2683 (2023) by 10 Votes in Favour, with 5 Abstentions

Hawaye Ibrahim, escaped to Chad to find safety for her children, after her husband was shot and killed in Sudan’s Darfur region. Fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has quickly spread to Darfur in recent weeks displacing tens of thousands of people. UNHCR

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, presented his annual report to Member States at the 76th World Health Assembly, saying that the end of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern is “a moment of relief and reflection.” WHO

South Sudan has seen an influx in people arriving in the country to escape conflict in Sudan. At least 46,000 South Sudanese have gone back home to the country they once fled. UNHCR and partners are providing new arrivals with food, water, blankets, mats and buckets, as well as emergency medical treatment. UNHCR