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The head of the UN Mission in Haiti, Helen La Lime, told Security Council members, “An economic crisis, gang crisis, and political crisis have converged into a humanitarian catastrophe.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the World Food Programme's first humanitarian shipment of grain from Ukraine that was delivered under the Black Sea Grain Initiative has started to arrive in Ethiopia. UNIFEED

Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in the past 40 years, with 17 million people now targeted for assistance as worsening levels of malnutrition are reported, said a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

The first humanitarian cargo ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat is preparing to leave from Ukraine’s port of Odesa port. This shipment is the first of “we hope, many shipments to come to countries that are suffering great difficulties. There are at least five who are already in famine-like conditions and another 20 that are on what we call the watchlist for famine,” a UN humanitarian official said. OCHA

In Nigeria, UN humanitarian partners have delivered food and nutrition assistance to 26,000 people in the past week in the town of Rann which is in the country's northeast, “this town is one of the most challenging environments for aid workers in the region,” said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The Security Council mandate for UN cross-border operations from Türkiye to north-west Syria runs until 10th July. With no alternative available to meet the scale and scope of needs, millions of Syrians depend on the Council extending their approval. OCHA

International commission of human rights experts said that violations and abuses of international human rights, international humanitarian law, and refugee law still appear to be perpetrated with impunity by various parties to the conflict in Ethiopia. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit. UNICEF

Following a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Secretary-General António Guterres said Ukraine is "an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain" and vowed the Organization "will not give up" in achieving peace. UNIFEED / GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE