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Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new UNICEF report marking more than five years since conflict escalated in the country. UNICEF

Addressing the Security Council, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, called on member states and parties to conflict “to put child protection at the center of their action.” UNIFEED

UN Special Representative for South Sudan David Shearer said, despite encouraging steps, the peace process is faltering and requires renewed energy adding that violence in the country “can no longer be pigeonholed as simply intercommunal." UNIFEED

Lives Upended, a new UNICEF report released today, notes that the rapidly advancing COVID-19 pandemic is expanding across South Asia, a region that is home to a quarter of the world’s population, and is particularly affecting health and educational advances for children. UNICEF

UN Special Representative to Somalia James Swan said support provided by international partners has enabled the country to provide facilities for patient care in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but more international assistance is needed to help the federal government in critical response areas. UNSOM

A plane carrying 90 tons of medical and water, sanitation and hygiene supplies arrived in Venezuela to continue supporting the response against COVID-19. The supplies will help strengthen the health system, improve access to safe water for thousands of families and ensure continued assistance in other critical areas, including sexual and reproductive health. UNICEF

UN Humanitarian agencies warned that aid projects face closure due to a severe lack of funding as COVID-19 spreads in war-torn Yemen. UNICEF

Addressing the annual ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS), humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said the response to the COVID-19 pandemic “must be proportionate to the scale of the problem we face,” and may require approximately 90 billion US dollars. UNIFEED

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “As the world comes together to develop a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19, we must not forget the dozens of lifesaving vaccines that already exist and must continue to reach children everywhere.” WHO

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has provided emergency assistance to thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Tripoli, Libya, amidst deteriorating security conditions, as well as movement and other COVID-19 related restrictions. UNHCR