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While UN humanitarians scale up the response to survivors of the flood disaster in Libya which wiped out entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead and many more missing, the UN’s aid chief warned that mental health care will be a huge issue for survivors of that catastrophe and the Moroccan earthquake last week. UNTV CH

War and hunger are fueling a "humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that could destroy Sudan, UN’s humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, warned. UNTV CH

The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in the loss of lives, livelihoods and futures for millions of people across the young nation, the heads of three United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, as they wrapped up a three-day visit to the country. FAO / IFAD / WFP

Addressing journalists, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States, described the Russian decision to suspend its participation in the Black Sea Initiative as “another act of cruelty.” UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said that, despite the expiry of the truce, the Yemenis continue to feel the benefits from the longest period of relative calm since the beginning of the conflict. UNIFEED

Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths provided an update on current challenges including in the DRC, Darfur, Syria, and Ukraine as well as on the Black Sea Grain Initiative and climate change. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on her recent trip to Haiti, Catherine Russell, UN Children’s Fund Executive Director, said there are now even more Haitian people in need than ever. UNIFEED

Following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said the priority is “rescuing people from those places,” and providing emergency relief, while the humanitarian, economic and environmental consequences, will also have to be addressed in the next phases of the operation. UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam “means the plight of people in Ukraine is set to get even worse.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the increased suffering of the people in the country “is not a result of aid organizations not being there or aid organizations not doing anything. The suffering of the people is a result of a war.” UNIFEED / FILE