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UN briefing: Syria, Yemen, DRC visit, Sudan, South Sudan, Madagascar, Haiti, Cuba and Ukraine updates
Summary
The UN provided operational updates: continuing displacement and access challenges in Syria; welcome for Yemens new government and womens return to cabinet; Jean-Pierre Lacroix's DRC visit amid South Africas planned troop withdrawal; floods and cyclone preparedness in Madagascar; a sharp rise in gender-based violence in Haiti; Cuba fuel shortages and a partially funded recovery plan; and damage to Ukrainian power plants.
The United Nations briefing on Tuesday covered a range of international humanitarian and operational updates.
On Syria, the spokesperson said fighting had subsided in parts of Aleppo, Al-Hasakah and Raqqa after an agreement announced on Jan. 30, but nearly 160,000 people remained displaced as of Feb. 3 and humanitarian access and basic services remain constrained.
The UN welcomed the formation of a new Yemeni government led by Prime Minister Shai al Zindani and the return of women to the…
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