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Noon Briefings

30 September 2016

UNHCR today expressed concern that restrictions on the movement of people in eastern Ukraine have led to increased hardships and limited the access of thousands to heath care and social payments.  The agency called on authorities to ease the plight of 26,000 people crossing the dividing line in eastern Ukraine.

29 September 2016

The Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council today that the last seven days had seen an intensification of attacks across Syria.  He said that nowhere had the fighting been more intense than in besieged east Aleppo, where estimates are that more than 320 civilians were killed and 765 injured in the first days.

28 September 2016

For the first time since 2014, the World Food Programme has distributed urgently needed food for people in and around Shirqat, Iraq, who had been living under siege and cut off from humanitarian aid.  Through local partner Muslim Aid, it distributed a one-month supply of food to families.

27 September 2016

In Mali, the United Nations Mission in the country (MINUSMA) today welcomed the International Criminal Court’s ruling recognizing Ahmad Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi as guilty of war crimes for the destruction of religious and historical monuments in Timbuktu.  MINUSMA called the judgment a step forward in the fight against impunity and a strong signal against the destruction of cultural goods.

26 September 2016

The Secretary-General said his meeting in Cyprus on Sunday with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders was productive and that he had agreed to their request to step up personal engagement to help them achieve a comprehensive settlement this year.

23 September 2016

The Secretary-General has urged all parties in Gabon, particularly the political leaders and their followers, to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from any form of violence and remain calm ahead of and after the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the presidential elections, which is expected today.

22 September 2016

The United Nations has resumed aid deliveries to Syria.  A convoy has entered the besieged town of Moadamiyeh in rural Damascus with food, medical, education, water, sanitation and other supplies for 35,000 people.  Deliveries will be carried out on a case-by-case basis depending on conditions on the ground.

16 September 2016

The number of refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan has reached 1 million, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which says it needs $701 million in donations to sustain basic assistance to the needy.    

15 September 2016

The Secretary-General today told the Security Council that the two-State solution for the Israelis and Palestinians is at risk of being replaced by a one-State reality of perpetual violence and occupation.  The reporting period, he said, saw the continuation of statements by both sides that only perpetuate an environment of mistrust.

13 September 2016

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services is now preparing final reports on the investigations into sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic for transmission to troop-contributing countries for them to take appropriate action and ensure accountability.