"VIOLENCE"

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

The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called for “an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, saying that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence,” the Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. UNIFEED

More than 700 health care workers and patients have died since December 2017 and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities, according to a three- year analysis by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), released today. UNTV CH

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

Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti of India, who is presiding the Security Council during the month of August, called for “all violence” and “ties with international terrorism" to end in Afghanistan, as this “will have a direct impact on India.” UNIFEED

The UN team in Myanmar has reaffirmed its solidarity with the people of the country in their pursuit for democracy, peace, human rights and the rule of law, six months after the Myanmar military seized control over the democratically elected government, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

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

The United Nations in Afghanistan condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on its main compound in Herat “in which an Afghan police guard was killed, and others injured,” United Nations spokesperson Eri Kaneko said today. UNIFEED

A widowed mother-of-four struggling to take care of her family is among the 330,000 Afghans displaced since the start of the year by the latest upsurge in fighting. UNHCR

The Security Council today adopted a resolution to extend the arms embargo for the Central African Republic until 31 July 2022 as well as the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the CAR Sanctions Committee until 31 August 2022. UNIFEED