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The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Reception and Support Post (PRA) in Pacaraima, a city in northern Brazil that lies just across the border from Venezuela, is welcoming hundreds of migrants every day. IOM

The massive flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on 6 June continued to worsen over the past days, said the UN top official in Ukraine, Denise Brown, when speaking on Friday to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson. UNTV CH

A group of Member States from the Security Council expressed its “profound concern” over the reported shelling of Kherson, Ukraine, during the evacuation from the areas flooded after the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. UNIFEED

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, wrapped up his trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MONUSCO

The head of the UN World Health Organization said that Equatorial Guinea declared its outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease over. WHO

The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) hosted on Wednesday in New York a meeting to discuss its Strategic Action Plan on Youth and Peacebuilding and the progress made since its adoption in 2016. UNIFEED

In Roraima, the Mobile Health Units of the International Organization for Migration help bring medical assistance to Venezuelan indigenous people and their host communities in one of Brazil's hardest-to-reach areas. IOM

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

On 8 June World Oceans Day will be celebrated worldwide, serving as a poignant reminder of the immense significance of the ocean in our daily lives. FAO

The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic remains critical with 3,4 million people – or half of the population - in need of humanitarian assistance. Of those, 2.4 million have needs so severe that their survival and dignity is at risk, said the Humanitarian Coordinator Mohamed Ag Ayoya. UNTV CH