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The United Nations in Somalia congratulated President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his inauguration, and said it looks forward to working with his administration in support of achieving national priorities. UNIFEED

Security challenges threaten to derail democratic strides in Central African Region, briefers tell Security Council.

General Assembly elects Environmental Sustainability Director Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary President of seventy-seventh session, selects Main Committee Bureaus.

General Assembly elects Environmental Sustainability Director Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary President of seventy-seventh session, selects Main Committee Bureaus.

United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, model and actress Sabrina Dhowre Elba, visited Kenya recently to draw attention to the increasing threat that climate change, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine are having on small-scale farmers’ productivity and livelihoods in Africa and around the world. IFAD

Democratic Republic of Congo crisis thwarting gains in Great Lakes Region, speakers tell Security Council, stressing need to end illicit natural resources trade.

Economic and Social Council nominates experts, fills multiple vacancies for 16 subsidiary bodies.

At a pre-recorded event remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Secretary-General António Guterres said the genocide against the Tutsi “was neither an accident nor unavoidable,” and a generation after the events, “the state of shame endures as we remember the bloodshed 28 years ago.” UNIFEED

Today’s landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report removes whatever shred of doubt remained: The climate crisis is not a future threat. It is here, it is accelerating, and it will continue to affect the world in increasingly devastating ways, according to UNICEF.

Two years after the Global Refugee Forum, Rwanda shows how inclusive policies in education and livelihoods are unlocking the potential of refugees and their hosts. UNHCR