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Briefing journalists in New York today, a UN spokesperson reported that the UN Refugee Agency, together with 41 international and national partners, launched today the 2023 funding appeal to assist more than 900,000 refugees in Sudan. UNIFEED

The UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei (UNISFA) responded rapidly to quell violence in the village of Rumamer, in the southern part of Abyei, after an attack that took place today and resulted in 13 people being killed, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

During his mission to the Central African Republic, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix, met with the UN peacekeepers in the country. MINUSCA

The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix, concluded yesterday his mission to the Central African Republic. During the visit, he met with national authorities, political parties, religious leaders, women and youth organizations, and the UN peacekeepers in the country. MINUSCA

With more patrols and training a UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic has boosted its activities to protect civilians in the country’s south-central region, a UN spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, “gender parity remains a top priority for UN Peacekeeping and our partners,” adding that the world body is “working to advance the role of women in peacekeeping and creating the right conditions for them to contribute fully at all strategic, operational and tactical levels and in all roles.” UNIFEED

New data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and treatment services in 2021. WHO

The head of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, Valentine Rugwabiza, said that the resurgence of armed groups’ activity and the use of explosive devices in the border areas in the northwest of the country are making access to people who are in urgent and critical need of humanitarian assistance “difficult, if not impossible.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Multidimensional Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) informed that three UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh have died “after suffering severe injuries when their vehicles hit an explosive ordnance device overnight.” UNIFEED

During his week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN’s Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Christian Saunders said, "there is no place for sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations, and if you commit sexual exploitation and abuse, you will be punished.” MINUSCA