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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that about 400,000 people are potentially affected by the state evacuation order of 10 districts in Goma, issued amid fears of a new eruption of the Nyiragongo Volcano.
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, was in Muscat yesterday. He met with Mohammed Abdel Salam, the chief negotiator of Ansar Allah. He also met with senior Omani officials.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today handed over one of its positions to the Lebanese Armed Forces, its strategic partner, at a ceremony in south-western Lebanon.
Ján Kubiš, the Special Envoy for Libya, said yesterday at the closure of the virtual meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum that a majority of delegates had expressed the need to end the transitional phase with the holding of elections on 24 December.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling for greater support from the international community for Afghanistan’s people, including those displaced within its borders and refugees seeking safety outside the country.
In Ethiopia, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) today said that it has received disturbing reports from Tigray, of soldiers entering a number of temporary accommodations for the displaced in Shire and taking away several hundreds of youths - internally displaced Ethiopians who had been sheltering there.
On Myanmar, the UN team on the ground says that more than 121,000 people have been internally displaced due to armed conflict and insecurity in parts of the country since the start of 2021. The majority of this displacement has taken place after 1 February, when the military seized control over the Government.
In Brazil, the UN team, led by Resident Coordinator Silvia Rucks, continues to provide support to state and municipal authorities in their ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International Civil Aviation Organization Council (ICAO) expressed its strong concern at the apparent forced diversion of a Ryanair commercial passenger aircraft flying in Belarus airspace on Sunday, 23 May.
On Tuesday, at 3:00 p.m., Ambassador Sven Jürgenson, the Permanent Representative of Estonia and President of the Security Council for the month of June, will brief on the Council’s programme of work for the month.
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