Source: United Nations (video statements)
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Today’s guest
– Monday’s guest
– Asia Floods
– Trip Announcement/Kyrgyzstan
– UN Mission in South Sudan
– Ukraine
– Security Council/Haiti
– Lebanon
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Venezuela Earthquake
– Statement
– UNHCR 65 years of Statelessness Convention
– International Day against Nuclear Tests
– International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
ASIA FLOODS
As of today, the UN was told by authorities in Nepal that more than 500 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds remain missing. Officials say that scores of people have been injured and over 3,700 have so far been rescued.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, said today that humanitarians are moving at speed to save lives, with OCHA and partners from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and various NGOs assisting national authorities in Nepal to deliver urgent, life-saving support.
In Nepal, the UN Resident Coordinator, Lila Pieters Yahia, is leading UN support for the Government-led response.
Earlier today, she and UN colleagues visited the Bidur Municipality in Nuwakot, one of the flood-affected districts. She was able to see first-hand the massive destruction, where early assessments show that about 11,000 hectares of land and 45 kilometres of roads have been damaged. That visit was cut short by a new flood alert while the team was on the ground, as there are more risks of floods coming.
In that district, over 1,000 people are sheltering at five known displacement sites, but these are preliminary figures, and the UN is working to confirm the locations of people displaced in other localities and districts.
Despite the damaged roads and landslides that continue to block access, the UN is starting to get a better sense of the immense needs of the population. UN partners working on food security estimate that at least 20,000 households across the Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts may need food assistance.
Over 50,000 people require emergency water, emergency sanitation and emergency hygiene support. Partners working on nutrition estimate that some 17,000 children, 1,500 pregnant and breastfeeding women, and 9,000 adolescents need immediate nutrition support. At least 23 schools in those districts will need to be rehabilitated.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-08-28