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Secretary-General António Guterres spent Sunday in the island of Santo Antão, where, after five years of intense drought, a group of projects supported by the United Nations hopes to transform the agricultural sector of these Atlantic islands. UNIFEED

An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, warns the UN development agency. UNTV CH

With temperatures continuing to plunge in Ukraine, nearly 10 million Ukrainians who live in the most affected areas by the war will probably spend winter without water, heat and electricity, and 18 million will need humanitarian aid, according to UN estimates. UNTV CH

Despite multiple remaining crises, top official in Sudan expresses optimism for two-year transitional phase leading to civilian rule, democratic elections.

Heightened financing, women and youth participation vital for peace efforts, speakers tell Economic and Social Council, Peacebuilding Commission.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently held a workshop for new parliamentarians on strengthening anti-corruption oversight. UNMISS

A decade’s worth of hard-won economic gains in Afghanistan was wiped out in a single year, according to a new UN report. UNIFEED

Humanitarian, security and political developments including the formation of district councils were among the issues covered in discussions on Tuesday by top United Nations officials in Somalia on their visit to Jubaland. UNSOM

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, a new UN report warns. UNIFEED