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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are living through climate collapse in real-time – and the impact is devastating.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO welcomes the extension of the humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and the release of hostages and prisoners by both sides, the pause has enabled WHO to increase deliveries of medical supplies in Gaza, and to transfer patients from Al-Shifa hospital to other hospitals south of the Wadi Gaza.” WHO

The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said, “Even wars have rules.” UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on Libya, a UN spokesperson said that two months after "deadly floods devastated the east of the country – impacting a quarter of a million people – international support for relief efforts there remains critical.” UNIFEED / FILE

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Ahmad Khan, told the Security Council that since the implementation of the renewed strategy for action on the situation in Libya in April of 2022, the ICC has “continued to accelerate” investigative activities and expects to complete them by the end of 2025. UNIFEED

In the six weeks since the floods, humanitarian partners reached 164,000 people with humanitarian assistance. Winterisation activities are ongoing to support people whose homes have been lost or damaged. OCHA

The United Nations top official in Libya said, “the Derna disaster has revealed severe governance deficits through several issues, such as the lack of maintenance of the dam systems, the management of resources as well as the lack of an effective mechanism for disaster management.” UNIFEED

The humanitarian crisis in Chad that’s been driven by a deadly combination of food insecurity, forced displacement, health emergencies and climate change shocks prompted an urgent UN request on Monday for funding to assist seven million people out of at total population of 18 million. UNTV CH

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric provided updates on the humanitarian situations in Libya, Sudan, and Niger. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council about migrants in the Mediterranean, the Head of the UN Refugee Agency in New York, Ruven Menikdiwela, said, “Saving lives at sea and providing humanitarian assistance is one of the most basic obligations of humanity, and those performing rescue operations or helping in good faith should not be penalized for doing so.” UNIFEED / FILE