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“The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, received reports that at least two rockets had been fired from Lebanon towards Israel. The Israel Defence Force confirmed the reports to UNIFIL and responded with artillery fire,” a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

WHO's chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of September, to enable at least 10 per cent of the population of every country to be vaccinated." WHO

The Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Thomas Markram, told the Security Council that “although almost eight years have now passed since the adoption of resolution 2118, there’s still work to be done before this resolution can be fully considered implemented.” UNIFEED

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

The people of Beirut need to see accountability for the deepening crisis they have faced after the devastating port blasts in the Lebanese capital 12 months ago, the UN’s top rights official said Tuesday. UNTV CH

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

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

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Almost four million cases were reported to WHO last week, and on current trends, we expect the total number of cases to pass 200 million within the next two weeks. And we know that is an underestimate.” WHO

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