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DATELINE: 10 DECEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
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10 DECEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is deeply concerned about the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation in South Kivu since December 2nd. This, as you are aware, is due to intense fighting across multiple territories, including Uvira, Walungu, Mwenga, Shabunda, Kabare, Fizi and Kalehe. Our humanitarian partners report that more than 200,000 people have been displaced across South Kivu and at least 70 civilians have been killed during the current escalation. Most displaced families are sheltering in overcrowded sites, facing heightened protection risks and the threat of disease outbreaks.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The violence is severely disrupting food assistance. WFP has been forced to suspend its activities across the province, cutting off 25,000 people from life-saving food assistance. Host families, already facing emergency levels of food insecurity, are sharing the last of their food with displaced people. At least 32 schools supported by WFP in Uvira have suspended classes to provide shelter to displaced families. This has disrupted the school meals programme and is leaving more than 12,000 children without what is often their only hot, nutritious meal of the day. WFP and our humanitarian partners plan to support newly displaced families as soon as conditions allow, but food stocks in Uvira are expected to run out within weeks due to high needs and lack of funding.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The humanitarian impact of the crisis is now spilling across borders. Between December 5th and 8th, nearly 25,000 people crossed into Burundi, including Congolese nationals, Burundian returnees and third-country migrants – with additional arrivals also reported in Rwanda. In Burundi and Rwanda, our humanitarian partners, together with the authorities, are scaling up assistance – including hot meals, safe water and health services. This escalation is further aggravating an already critical humanitarian situation in eastern DRC, amid a severe funding shortfall. The DRC Humanitarian Response Plan is only 22 per cent funded, leaving a gap of nearly $2 billion, while in Burundi, less than $33 million has been mobilized against a requirement of nearly $77 million. We call on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities, uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and ensure safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access.”
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The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is deeply concerned about the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since December 2nd due to intense fighting across multiple territories, A un Spokesperson said.
Speaking to reporter today (10 Dec) in New York, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said that the fighting across multiple territories include Uvira, Walungu, Mwenga, Shabunda, Kabare, Fizi and Kalehe.
The UN humanitarian partners reported that more than 200,000 people have been displaced across South Kivu and at least 70 civilians have been killed during the current escalation.
Haq said, “Most displaced families are sheltering in overcrowded sites, facing heightened protection risks and the threat of disease outbreaks.”
The Deputy Spokesperson highlighted that he violence is “severely” disrupting food assistance.
He said, “WFP has been forced to suspend its activities across the province, cutting off 25,000 people from life-saving food assistance. Host families, already facing emergency levels of food insecurity, are sharing the last of their food with displaced people.”
Haq continued, “At least 32 schools supported by WFP in Uvira have suspended classes to provide shelter to displaced families. This has disrupted the school meals programme and is leaving more than 12,000 children without what is often their only hot, nutritious meal of the day.”
WFP and UN humanitarian partners plan to support newly displaced families as soon as conditions allow, but food stocks in Uvira are expected to run out within weeks due to high needs and lack of funding, the Deputy Spokesperson explained.
Haq also said that the humanitarian impact of the crisis is now spilling across borders. Between December 5th and 8th, nearly 25,000 people crossed into Burundi, including Congolese nationals, Burundian returnees and third-country migrants – with additional arrivals also reported in Rwanda. In Burundi and Rwanda, UN humanitarian partners, together with the authorities, are scaling up assistance – including hot meals, safe water and health services.
“This escalation is further aggravating an already critical humanitarian situation in eastern DRC, amid a severe funding shortfall,” Haq said.
He further explained, “the DRC Humanitarian Response Plan is only 22 per cent funded, leaving a gap of nearly $2 billion, while in Burundi, less than $33 million has been mobilized against a requirement of nearly $77 million.”
The UN called on all parties to the conflict to “immediately cease hostilities, uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and ensure safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access,” the Deputy Spokesperson said.
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