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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are living through climate collapse in real-time – and the impact is devastating.” UNIFEED

Ahead of COP 28, beginning at the end of the month in Dubai, Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to China and Nepal during the month of October to highlight the urgency of reducing emissions to combat climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

After rejecting an amendment proposed by Canada and the United States, the General Assembly, by 120 votes in favour, 14 against and 45 abstentions adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce in Gaza. UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said “Words fail me. Tonight, hundreds of people were killed – horrifically – in a massive strike at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, including patients, healthcare workers, and families that had been seeking refuge in and around the hospital.” OHCHR

Every single day 20,000 children have been displaced by floods, storms, wildfires, or droughts, UNICEF said. UNICEF

Weather-related disasters caused 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries over a six-year period – or approximately 20,000 child displacements a day - according to a new UNICEF analysis released. UNICEF

Canadian Ambassador Robert Rae said, “We are going to do everything we can to support Ukraine as it continues to defend itself - its people, its identity, its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” UNIFEED

Robert Rae, Chair of the Delegation of Canada, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

At the closing of the UN SDG Summit, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Now is the time to lift the declaration’s words off the page, and invest in development at scale like never before.” UNIFEED

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED