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The IMF announced that global growth is expected to slow from 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.9 percent in 2023 in a press briefing held in Singapore to mark the launch of the January update of the World Economic Outlook report. IMF

Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. WHO

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing. WHO is concerned about the risk to life in China and has reiterated the importance of vaccination.” WHO

Representatives of Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland took part of an installation ceremony of their national flags, as newly elected non-permanent members of the Security Council. UNIFEED

Escalating intercommunal violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state has led to death, displacement, and taken a heavy toll on children. UNMISS

Security Council demands immediate end to violence in Myanmar, urges restraint, release of arbitrarily detained prisoners, adopting Resolution 2669 (2022).

The UN Security Council adopted a Resolution on Myanmar for the first time since the military unleashed a brutal crackdown on the people of Myanmar nearly two years ago. UNIFEED

UN Security Council members unanimously adopted the first stand-alone resolution on mental health and psychological support for personnel of UN peace operations. UNIFEED