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As he prepares to leave office on Friday, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said, “the last four years have been an unusually difficult time,” marked by protracted and emerging conflicts, the rising impacts of climate change, and the toll of diseases such as Ebola and now COVID-19, bringing the number of people requiring assistance and protection to unprecedented levels. UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths today (15 Jun) told the Security Council that Yemeni men, women and children “are suffering every day because people with power have missed the opportunities presented to them, to make the necessary concessions to end the war.” UNIFEED

Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inger Andersen told the Security Council that a spill or an explosion of the SAFER oil tanker off the coast of Yemen would “directly affect millions of people in a country that is already enduring the world's largest humanitarian emergency.” UNIFEED

Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. UNIFEED

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowwcock told the Security Council, “accountability for violations must be systematic and universal, because what is not punished is encouraged,” adding that “we have the laws and the tools to protect civilians from harm in armed conflicts. It’s time that all States and parties to conflict apply them.” UNIFEED

United Nations announced today it has allocated USD 4.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund towards the rising humanitarian needs in Gaza, in addition to the USD 14.1 million announced earlier this week for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UNIFEED / UNRWA

A UN spokesperson said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made a flash appeal for 38 million USD in emergency funding to “respond to the immediate needs and to carry out essential emergency interventions in Gaza.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council that “the longer the Marib offensive goes on, the greater the risks to Yemen’s broader stability and social cohesion.” UNIFEED

Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen sounded “a warning to all – a warning to prioritize the proactive search for a settlement of the Syrian conflict,” adding that “despite more than a year of relative calm by Syrian standards, this month reminded us of the potential for the situation to further disintegrate or rapidly deteriorate.” UNIFEED

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council, “we need to continue to leverage political dialogue, sanctions and arms transfer decisions to ensure respect for the law and the protection of civilians and the objects they depend on to survive.” UNIFEED