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UN warns UNMISS contingency plan, funding shortfalls could weaken protection of civilians as humanitarian crisis deepens
Summary
A UN briefing said contingency measures — including base closures and staff reductions — are being implemented in UNMISS because of a liquidity crisis, and urged government flexibility to avoid severe compromise to the mission amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation.
Speaker 1, a United Nations official, told the Security Council that the humanitarian situation in South Sudan is ‘‘catastrophic,’’ reporting that more than 7,500,000 people face acute food insecurity, 28,000 are at risk of famine, flooding has displaced over one million people and more than 1,200,000 returnees and refugees from Sudan have crossed into South Sudan.
He said humanitarian partners continue to deliver assistance despite insecurity…
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