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Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called “on to those who are politically responsible at a global level to assume their responsibilities to combat climate change in order to save the Antarctic and to save the planet.” UNIFEED

Ahead of COP28 taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Secretary-General António Guterres visited melting glaciers in Antarctica and called for countries to “act now to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age.” UNIFEED

With a UN top political affairs official warning that “the stakes for preventive diplomacy and dialogue could not be higher”, the Security Council held today an open debate on the contribution of regional, sub-regional, and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes. UNIFEED

The IMF sees global growth slowing this year Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, head of the Fund’s Research Department said ahead of the launch of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) in Marrakech, Morocco. IMF

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

Gabriel Boric Font, President of the Republic of Chile, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19-23 and 26September 2023).

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

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

UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gary Conille, warned today about “a stark and alarming reality”, with children “migrating within Latin America and the Caribbean at an unprecedented rate, constituting a larger share of the migrant population than any other region worldwide.” UNIFEED

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report. FAO