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Massive displacement, greater competition for scarce resources cited as major risks in Security Council debate on climate-related threats at 8451st meeting.

Massive displacement, greater competition for scarce resources cited as major risks in Security Council debate on climate-related threats at 8451st meeting.

Massive displacement, greater competition for scarce resources cited as major risks in Security Council debate on climate-related threats at 8451st meeting.

Natural disasters affected more than 60 million people around the world in 2018 and claimed over 10,300 lives, despite the absence of a cataclysmic event, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said on Thursday. UNTV CH

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

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his country was honoured to assume the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China for 2019 adding that Palestine would undertake this “great responsibility” with “humility, commitment, and dedication.” UNIFEED

United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres met Monday with the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of a meeting of the “Group 77 and China” tomorrow, 15 January, when Palestine will take up the chairmanship of the Group. UNIFEED

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

Saudi national Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun “cannot be sent back” to the Kingdom, in keeping with international law, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday, adding that it was in contact “on a daily basis” with the 18-year-old who is in Thailand seeking asylum. UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.