Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have warned that a lack of funding is limiting their ability to meet the most pressing needs of people and communities. Over the past decade the UN and its partners have seen a dramatic reduction in donor support to one of the world's most protracted humanitarian emergencies.

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Faits saillants:

• Des mouvements forcés de population continuent au sud-est du Territoire de Punia suite à l’activisme des groupes armés.

• Le PAM cible environ 10 000 personnes pour les distributions générales de vivres en mai et juin dans le Territoire de Pangi.

• Accès humanitaire: US$ 450 000 du Pooled Fund pour la réhabilitation de l’axe routier Yumbi – Punia.

WHO: Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

WHAT: Mission to Sudan

WHEN: 20 to 23 May 2013

WHERE: Khartoum & Darfur

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, is scheduled to visit Sudan from 20 to 23 May.

Key issues

● Israeli forces injure around 60 Palestinians in protests and clashes across the West Bank. Three Israeli forces individuals also injured.

● Israeli forces demolish 16 residential and livelihood structures, displacing 14 people and affecting over 80 others.

● One Palestinian man sentenced to death by the local authorities in Gaza, allegedly for collaborating with what the court described as a “hostile element”.

Despite the decline in new cholera cases, the level of infections remains very high.

Malgré les tendances à la baisse, l’épidémie du choléra persiste à un niveau très élevé en Haïti.

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, made landfall in Bangladesh on the morning of 16 May (local time), bringing strong winds and heavy rains to Chittagong and surrounding districts. On its current path, it will continue to move northeast from Myanmar and towards the eastern states of India. The current speed at the centre of the storm is around 80 km/h and is expected to reduce its wind speed to 55 km/h as it continues to move inland.