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Chad’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamat Saleh Annadif, told the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate that the United Nations “is increasingly limited in its ability to embody the very values that make up its essence.” UNIFEED

Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chadians Abroad and International Cooperation of the Republic of Chad, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19-26 September 2023).

Ongoing conflict in Sudan has overwhelmed health facilities in the country due to shortages of staff, lifesaving medicine and critical equipment, exacerbating current outbreaks and causing unnecessary deaths. UNHCR

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohamed said, “the stakes are high” and “regional pressures are immense” for Chad, a country that “has opened its arms to hundreds of thousands of people that are fleeing violence in Sudan, on top of an existing refugee and displaced population.” UNIFEED

At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “This Friday, Sudan will mark five months of futility. Five months of futile suffering, death, loss, and destruction.” UNTV CH

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

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi is pushing for further international support for Chad with over 400,000 people escaping from war-torn Sudan cross into Chad. UNHCR

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today flagged climate change as a “spiralling human rights emergency for many countries”, as he called for decisive action to tackle the global planetary crisis. UNTV CH

Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, Yasmine Sherif, said that an illiterate nation can never recover from war, manage climate change, end extreme poverty, or provide basic services. UNIFEED