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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said thousands of children are being reported missing as the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) displacement crisis deepens. Many say their children have disappeared, kidnapped by the militias who attacked their villages. But, the exact number of Congo’s lost children is unknown. UNHCR

The United Nation Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict visited Malakal, the second largest town in South Sudan, where UN peacekeepers are providing protection to over 20,000 internally displaced persons. UNMISS

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said more than 7,000 people fleeing violence and conflict have crossed into Greece this year from the northern land route from Turkey, opting to brave the rapids of the Evros river rather than journey across the Mediterranean further south. But this journey comes with its own risks, as Iraqi couple Dilshad and Jihan found out. UNHCR

Ahead of a pledging conference for the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl said that after the United States reduced its contribution to the agency, “we suddenly found ourselves with a shortfall of 446 million dollars affecting the whole range of our services potentially, from education, healthcare, to emergency services.” UNIFEED

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it has helped relocate the first Rohingya refugee families, along with its partners, to newly-developed land in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong refugee site, the largest in the world. UNHCR

Addressing the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit in New York, the Secretary General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, said “police personnel and policing assistance have made immense contributions to peace and stability.” She called for an increase in the participation of women police officers in peacekeeping, “both in numbers and in leading positions.” UNIFEED

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie said she saw “worst devastation” in all her years with the agency during a visit to the Iraqi city of Mosul to mark Eid al-Fitr. UNHCR

The UN General Assembly adopted today a resolution in favour of providing protection for Palestinian civilians living under occupation. UNIFEED

In a single round of voting, the United Nations General Assembly elected Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Belgium as non-permanent Members of the Security Council, and each will serve two-year terms on the body that sets the UN’s whole peace and security agenda. UNIFEED

The United Nations General Assembly today elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés to preside its upcoming session. She is the first woman from Latin America and the Caribbean and only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body. UNIFEED