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People in Afghanistan are facing the winter season amid one of the world’s most rapidly growing humanitarian crises. Half of the population face acute hunger, over 9 million people are displaced, and the economy is in free fall. UNHCR

Addressing the Security Council via teleconference, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg stressed “there is no sustainable long-term solution to be found on the battlefield,” and “warring parties can, should, and indeed must talk even if they are not ready to put down their arms.” UNIFEED

The United Nations and non-governmental organizations launched joint response plans aiming to deliver vital humanitarian relief to 22 million people in Afghanistan and support 5.7 million displaced Afghans and local communities in five neighbouring countries. UNHCR

The UN and partners launched a more than five billion USD funding appeal for Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services there, which have left 22 million in need of assistance inside the country and 5.7 million people requiring help beyond its borders. UNTV CH

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi said it was “very strange” that that data storage from an IAEA surveillance camera destroyed during an incident in June at an Iranian centrifuge-parts workshop at Karaj, had disappeared. IAEA

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo appealed to the United States to lift its sanctions on Iran as outlined in the JCPOA and called on Iran “to reverse the steps it has taken that are not consistent with its nuclear-related commitments under the Plan.” UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said he was "deeply alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation and continued violence in Yemen and stressed that there was a “risk that this could open a new chapter” of the country’s war that is “even more fragmented and bloody.” UNIFEED

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said allegations that the Russian Federation “has not fulfilled or implemented some of its obligations” on the Minsk agreement between Ukraine and Russia, “absolutely distort the sense of these agreements and it's very dangerous.” UNIFEED

Following a mission to Iran, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi described his consultations with Iranian officials as “inconclusive” and said, “We are close to the point where I would not be able to guarantee continuity of knowledge” on the country’s nuclear programme. IAEA

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said the international community should have “no illusions about the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” adding that there has been “no progress towards realizing a two-state solution.” UNIFEED