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Briefing reporters in New York on her recent visit to Myanmar, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, said “protecting the most vulnerable people in Myanmar must be at the heart of the humanitarian response by the international community, national aid organisations, and the Government.” UNIFEED / FILE

Speaking at a Security Council meeting on sexual violence in conflict, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said “gender-based discrimination is the invisible driver of most crimes of sexual violence,” adding that “the lower a woman’s status -- in terms of health, wealth and education -- the greater is her vulnerability and exposure to harm.” UNIFEED

During a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Secretary-General António Guterres said “Rwandans have shown that reconciliation is possible,” adding that “Rwandans have learned from the events of 1994, and so must the international community.” UNIFEED

During a visit to Rwanda and Burundi, UN Refugee Chief Filippo Grandi met with Congolese refugees and praised the host countries for their continued hospitality. He also called for renewed global efforts to find and support long-term solutions for those who are displaced. UNHCR

United Nations (UN) launched a major international funding appeal to help the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis in the country. UNTV CH

Meeting residents of the world’s largest camp for Somali refugees, located in north-eastern Kenya, the top United Nations official for Somalia today expressed his solidarity with their situation and highlighted the gradual progress made in their home country. UNSOM

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), urging the international community not to forget about the plight of millions of displaced people across the region. UNHCR

Following the reports of a new alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta over the weekend the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday repeated his call for the UN Security Council to “find unity” on the issue and ensure accountability. UNTV CH

As the monsoon looms, workers are in a hurry to pave the main arterial road cutting through the largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar district, South-eastern Bangladesh which houses more than 570,000 refugees. UNHCR

As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, said that the horrific acts committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar will one day be brought before an international court, and “will be determined as crimes against humanity, as ethnic cleansing” and possibly as genocide. UNIFEED / FILE