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The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said that “the scale of the flood disaster in Libya is shocking and it is heartbreaking”, according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

According to the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), for the first time in eleven years, Palestine refugee students in Yarmouk camp in Syria are going back to school in the camp. UNIFEED

The Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, called for an end to the carnage in Haiti, where escalating violence has killed and injured more than 70 people in Port au Prince just in the last two weeks, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the completion of the work stabilizing the decaying Safer Tanker and transferring more than 1.1 million barrels of oil it held to the replacement vessel Yemen, “marks the end of a pivotal chapter in the UN-led operation to address the threat of a major oil spill.” UNIFEED

In Cyprus, the UN Peacekeeping Mission (UNFICYP) reported that “the situation is calm today, following last week’s assaults on peacekeepers as they tried to prevent unauthorized construction work in the buffer zone near Pyla / Pile, in accordance with their mandate,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The United Nations marked the 20th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad. Since 2009, every 19 August has been designated World Humanitarian Day. UNIFEED

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, reported that as part of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) withdrawal process, a convoy carrying peacekeepers and equipment “reached Timbuktu city without incident on Wednesday.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson updated reporters on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), where peacekeepers “continue to support efforts to protect civilians amid increasing attacks by the CODECO armed group in Ituri province”, and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). UNIFEED

In Niger, the UN team “continues to deliver aid despite the challenges, including the ongoing rainy season,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is warning about the ongoing heatwave, with temperatures going from 30 to 46 degrees Celsius. “This is putting lives at risk, particularly in the north-west where millions of people live in camps and settlements,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED