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

A United Nations Spokesperson told journalists that “at least 134 people, including many children, were reportedly killed over the weekend in Idleb, Hama and Aleppo Governorates” in Syria. UNIFEED

The Security Council issued statements expressing “grave concern about the level of food insecurity in South Sudan” and at the recent attacks in Saada, Yemen by Saudi-led coalition forces. UNIFEED

United Nations welcomed today the announcement by the President of Burundi that he would end his mandate in 2020 and offer a full support to his elected successor. UNIFEED

The UK ambassador to the United Nations, together with the US and other European members of the Security Council called on Russia “to implement fully its obligations” and withdraw its troops from South Ossetia in Georgia. UNIFEED

The Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, told reporters that that the number of confirmed Ebola cases from the most recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stands at 16, with a probable 27 additional cases, a total of 43 cases, including 34 deaths. UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

United Nations is “concerned over reports of continued violence in Syria’s Idlib governorate causing civilian deaths and destruction of civilian infrastructure.” UNIFEED

A Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres clarified that Russian military police personnel reportedly patrolling the Syrian-Israeli border, “are not part” of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson said the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein expressed deep alarm at persistent reports of human rights violations and abuses in Cameroon. UNIFEED