People fleeing conflict in Sudan wait at a bus station in Khartoum. Credit: UNDP Sudan
Sudan
OCHA’s USG/ERC Martin Griffiths stressed that humanitarian warehouses should not be used as shields by parties to the conflict. This keeps humanitarian partners from accessing and delivering critical aid to millions of people in need. They need safe passage immediately to distribute these relief items to civilians.
OCHA is concerned by the impact of the resurgence of fighting in the capital Khartoum on humanitarian work.
Ceasefire or not, OCHA and its partners continue to deliver. As of yesterday, OCHA had facilitated the movement of at least 274 trucks carrying life-saving supplies for some 2 million people in the past three weeks. The items reached people in Khartoum, Aj Jazirah, Gedaref, Kassala, White Nile and other priority states – and included at least 57 crossline movements.
This past Friday, OCHA negotiated access for the delivery of medical supplies to Tuti Island in Khartoum, where some 42,000 people have been stranded without access to health and other basic services.
On Monday 19 June, there will be a High-Level Pledging Event to Support the Humanitarian Response in Sudan and the Region. The United Nations is co-hosting this conference with the Governments of Egypt, Germany, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as the European Union. This is a hybrid event taking place in Geneva at 3 p.m. local time.
Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
Humanitarian Coordinator Lynn Hastings has warned of the imminent risk of forced eviction in the old city of Jerusalem.
She visited two elderly persons who may soon face a forced eviction from the home they have lived in since 1954.
Ms. Hastings called for an end to this practice, reminding that it is incompatible with international law.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at least 970 Palestinians, including 424 children, are at risk of forced eviction in East Jerusalem, due to cases brought before Israeli courts, primarily by Israeli settler groups. Some 15 of the families at risk are in the Old City.
Ukraine
Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown was in Kherson today – for the fourth day in a row – to coordinate relief efforts following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.
OCHA and its partners are reaching more people every hour. They delivered vital supplies – mainly water, hygiene items and food – to nearly 180,000 people. This is up from the 35,000 people last Friday.
OCHA and its partners are also supporting people in the south of the country impacted by water availability. Today, they delivered water and hygiene items to nearly 2,000 people facing water shortages in Pokrov, in the Dnipro Region.
In total, since the dam was destroyed on 6 June, humanitarian partners have reached more than 5,000 people with cash and distributed more than 800,000 litres of bottled water and 70,000 monthly rations of ready-to-eat food. They have also reached 100,000 people with information on the risks of mine contamination.
OCHA will continue to make every effort to help people in southern Ukraine, while also sustaining our humanitarian response in parts of the country heavily affected by the Russian invasion.
