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

A new joint UNICEF – WHO report indicates that newborns who are put to their mother’s breast within the first hour of life are more likely to survive, while those left waiting face life-threatening consequences. UNIFEED / FILE

Adopting text on Samoa Pathway, General Assembly stresses implementing commitments agreed at Small Island Developing States Conference, requests progress report at 109th plenary meeting.

Outbreak of new Israel-Hamas conflict ‘Almost a certainty’, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process warns Security Council at 8316th meeting.

Outbreak of new Israel-Hamas conflict ‘Almost a certainty’, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process warns Security Council at 8316th meeting.

South Sudan crisis, detrimental impact of Israeli occupation, among texts adopted as Economic and Social Council concludes coordination and management meeting.

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

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said that “four long years” since the last war in Gaza, “the underlying dynamics have not improved,” and “only through the repeated, collective efforts of all sides has another catastrophic escalation been averted over the past weeks.” UNIFEED

Any further violence in Gaza, occupied territory, risks inflaming already fragile situation, High Commissioner warns in briefing to Palestinian Rights Committee at 390th meeting.

General Assembly unanimously adopts resolution urging Economic and Social Council to strengthen leadership, policy guidance role at 107th plenary meeting.