South Sudan/Sudan, Briefings Today, Armenia &…

SOUTH SUDAN/SUDAN 
Good afternoon. In a short while we will be joined by Mary-Ellen McGroarty, who as you know is the World Food Programme's Country Director in South Sudan.  
She will brief you as today, the World Food Programme is warning that a hunger emergency is looming on the border between South Sudan and Sudan.  
Families continue to cross the borders towards South Sudan every day because of the fighting in its neighbouring country. She will join us virtually from Juba.
 
BRIEFINGS TODAY 
As I mentioned to you yesterday, Monica Grayley will not be briefing you through the week and at 1:30 p.m. there will be briefing by Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, and she's here in New York to brief the Third Committee.

ARMENIA 
Update from you from our UN team in Armenia as they boost support for the Government's response to address the influx of refugees. More than 100,000 people have now crossed into Armenia, according to information received from the government. 
The UN Development Programme started renovating space for elderly persons. For its part, the World Health Organization is also sending medicines to treat non-communicable diseases, covering three months of treatments for up to 50,000 people.  
The UN Refugee Agency is providing technical assistance to authorities for refugee registration, distributing core relief items, also conducting protection monitoring in government-run registration centres. Our team on the ground is also focusing on much-needed psychosocial support to refugees, including with the UN Development Programme and the World Health Organization.
The Acting Resident Coordinator, Natia Natsvlishvili, stressed that behind each number is a child, a woman, a man, an elderly person, a family who left everything behind, urgently needing support. She reiterated the UN team's determination to provide assistance.