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The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric told journalists “fierce fighting” continues in Yemen, “including in Marib, Shabwah and Al Bayda governorates, where clashes have escalated over recent weeks,” and said “this escalation is having an increasingly devastating impact on civilians.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), operated by the World Food Programme (WFP) on behalf of the humanitarian community, has resumed flights to Kabul, enabling humanitarian workers to reach Afghans. WFP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Director, Kanni Wignaraja told journalists in New York that Afghanistan will reach “universal poverty by middle of next year.” UNIFEED

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners continue to provide aid in Les Cayes, Haiti after the 14 August 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck south-west Haiti, destroying homes and infrastructure and killing and injuring thousands of people. OCHA

Briefing from the ground in Kabul, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Ramiz Alakbarov today said the humanitarian situation in the country “continues to be extremely tense” as “more than half of the Afghan children do not know whether they will have a meal tonight or not.” UNIFEED

On the humanitarian front in Afghanistan, a UN Spokesperson said, “Since 1 July, there has been an influx of people fleeing to Kabul and other large cities, seeking safety from the conflict and other threats. In the past month, 17,500 people have been identified as newly internally displaced. Most of the displaced people arriving in recent days are reported to have arrived from Ghazni and Logar provinces.” UNIFEED

UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for better access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, encountered multiple, rigorous checks which delayed their arrival significantly. UNTV CH

The Security Council on Friday voted unanimously to extend the UN cross-border aid operation in northwest Syria for another 12 months, providing a lifeline for more than 3.4 million people in need, including some one million children. UNIFEED

French Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière told reporters in New York that in order for the United States and Iran to return to the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), “what needs to be done is to finalize a package on nuclear measures that Iran should take and finalize a package for sanctions relief measures that the US should take as well.” UNIFEED

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the “consequences and impact” of the immediate ceasefire declared by the Ethiopian government “remain unclear” as “there's been a breakdown of telecommunications and internet services in Tigray as of today.” UNIFEED