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At a press conference in New York today, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said his Government could “only hope sanity will prevail in Colombia”, that the deadline for the entry of humanitarian aid would remain “a big show, and that they don’t try to open the doors to a military intervention” in Venezuela. UNIFEED

Central African Republic still needs robust international support amid precarious humanitarian situation, special representative tells Security Council at 8467th meeting.

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

Continuing violence and human rights violations, including rape and sexual violence, in South Sudan may amount to war crimes, according the UN body that is reporting to the Human Rights Council on alleged gross violations and abuses of human rights in the country. UNTV CH

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

The UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it took part last week in one of the largest and most complex humanitarian missions carried out in the eight years of the Syrian conflict. UNHCR

The recent escalation of hostilities in Idlib and nearby areas in northwestern Syria has left some one million people in an extremely vulnerable situation, the UN human rights agency (OHCHR) told journalists on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations today unveiled the 2019 portfolio of the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund, with 14 million USD earmarked for support of new state-building projects in the country. UNSOM

A year after North and South Korea made history by marching together in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering a request for unified Korean teams to enter qualification for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. IOC

The biggest UN humanitarian convoy yet to operate inside Syria has successfully distributed aid to 40,000 desperate people in a hard-to-access desert camp at Rukban, near the country’s southern border with Jordan, the organization announced on Friday. UNTV CH