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The food security situation in Yemen’s districts under the control of the Government of Yemen (GoY) slightly improved during the first five months of this year, while acute malnutrition increased, compared to the same period in 2022. However, the outlook for the period between now until the end of 2023 indicates the need for more programme investments, as the modest improvements may be eroded, UN agencies warned on Friday. UNICEF

The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund called on all nations to accelerate action to make water, sanitation and hygiene - or what is known as WASH - a reality for all. UNIFEED / FILE

Commenting on guidelines expected to be issued by Taliban authorities to allow women to work in humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, the United Nations top humanitarian official said “Let’s see if these guidelines do come through. Let's see if they are beneficial. Let's see what space there is for the essential and central role of women in our humanitarian operations.” UNIFEED

United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. WHO

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director-General, said that two-thirds of the 771 million adults worldwide who lack basic literacy skills are women. UNIFEED

“Unprecedented numbers” of children in Somalia are facing a “malnutrition crisis,” UNICEF warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

As she presented the annual report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “eight thousand children were either killed or maimed during 2021, making this the most prevalent of all grave violations.” UNIFEED

One month after the start of the war in Ukraine, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Moldova to meet children and families fleeing Ukraine as refugees. UNICEF

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) took part in the release of eleven children which were affiliated with armed groups in Maridi in the country’s Western Equatoria State. UNMISS

Speaking from a train station in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, a UNICEF spokesperson said only way to avoid the “exodus of people and keep families together is of course with support and is, of course, for the conflict to end.” UNICEF