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UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov was following the situation along the Gaza fence with concern. UNIFEED

UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told the Security Council that samples collected by the UN chemical watchdog (OPCW) team “confirm the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used on 4 March in Salisbury.” UNIFEED

Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said the idea of creating a mechanism to attribute responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in Syria “no longer makes any sense when Washington and its allies have already determined who is guilty and in essence are already acting as self-appointed executioners.” UNIFEED

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

The United Nations reported today that in Syria, the mass evacuation of opposition-held areas has threatened to leave humanitarian workers “overrun” and “acutely underfunded” as details emerged of the unparalleled destruction of the former ISIL-held city of Raqqa. UNTV CH

As the residents of Raqqa, Syria, are slowly rebuilding their destroyed homes, the World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up to provide food rations for some 30 000 of its most vulnerable citizens. WFP

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said the Security Council could “help prevent famine ever occurring again” adding that hunger was the “clear corollary to the vicious cycle of displacement and conflict.” UNIFEED

As military operations and displacement of civilians continue in Syria, UN humanitarian agencies provided an update on the desperate situations of many, including children, in Idlib, Eastern Ghouta and the northern district of Afrin. UNTV CH

UN human rights expert called for “immediate international assistance” on human rights violations in Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). OHCHR / FILE

Launching a new report, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that food crises continue to strike, and acute hunger intensifies due to conflict and climate change. FAO