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The Government of the Netherlands dramatically increases its financial commitment to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development to help the agency support small-scale farmers adapt to climate change. IFAD

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council, “we need a true humanitarian ceasefire,” adding that a failure of establishing a two-State solution “will condemn Palestinians, Israelis, the region and the world, to a never-ending cycle of death and destruction.” UNIFEED

WHO is appalled by the attack on the Indonesian Hospital in North Gaza, which reportedly resulted in the killing of at least 12 persons including patients and their companions residing at the hospital. WHO

Transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food offers a unique opportunity to curb greenhouse emissions, but investments are urgent to scale up the solutions available, says Kaveh Zahedi, head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations climate division, ahead of the most important climate summit of the year, the forthcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28). FAO

Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, received the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. UNIFEED / FILE

Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization, said that with the appropriate use of science, technology, and innovation, we can grow food sustainably with less environmental impact. FAO

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

Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, 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 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

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