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United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, model and actress Sabrina Dhowre Elba, visited Kenya recently to draw attention to the increasing threat that climate change, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine are having on small-scale farmers’ productivity and livelihoods in Africa and around the world. IFAD

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

Economic and Social Council nominates experts, fills multiple vacancies for 16 subsidiary bodies.

Health authorities in Malawi are currently responding to the wild poliovirus type 1 outbreak after a single case was detected in Lilongwe district. The vaccination campaign, targeting children under-5-years old, began this week and is ongoing. Vaccinators have spread out across the country, including outside of Malawi’s cities, to reach potentially vulnerable children. WHO

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

Comprehensive review of non-proliferation resolution top priority for committee charged with overseeing implementation, its Chair tells Security Council.

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

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are ramping up preparedness efforts in anticipation of tropical cyclone Batsirai, expected to make landfall in Madagascar over the weekend and affect about 600,000 people directly. More than 150,000 are likely to be displaced. UNTV CH

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

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.