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Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara (S/2023/729).

World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

The head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, said, “The crisis in the Sahel is the sum of complex circumstances, and its resolution requires concrete, realistic and long-term support from the region and beyond, in order to achieve lasting peace.” UNIFEED

A high-level interactive dialogue on Culture and Sustainable Development on the theme "Culture as a global public good: Filling SDG implementation gaps beyond 2030" highlighted culture’s contribution to peace and development. UNIFEED

The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter of a billion facing acute hunger and with people in seven countries on the brink of starvation and death, says the latest report on acute hunger released Wednesday. FAO 

The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and conflicts have created significant food security challenges worldwide in the past years. Currently, millions of people around the world need urgent support in over 45 countries. But just providing food aid isn't enough to tackle the growing hunger crisis, explained Rein Paulsen, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) chief of Emergencies. FAO

From 5-9 March in Doha, Qatar, world leaders will get together at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries Conference to agree on partnerships and plans to help the world’s most vulnerable countries get back on track and thrive amid ongoing global challenges. UNIFEED

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called for enhanced support for those recently displaced in Mali, where continued violence and threats by armed groups have forced local Malians and refugees to flee for safety. UNTV CH

Briefing Security Council on work overseeing Mali sanctions, 2374 Committee Chair says list has been updated for first time since 2017.