"NILE RIVER"

The World Food Programme (WFP) informed that more than one million people have been impacted by an unprecedented, multi-year flood event that is sweeping South Sudan, exacerbating high levels of hunger caused by ongoing conflict and the global food crisis. WFP

Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, told world leaders, “Climate disaster and its insufferable impacts are preventable.” He made an “urgent” call to all states to translate rhetoric into action, adding that “we must realize our climate finance commitments to build resilience and mitigate impact. We should act to meet our emission reduction targets.” UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said his country remains "committed to reaching, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, balanced, and legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” with the aim of “ensuring the survival of 150 million people in Egypt and Sudan and to avoid causing irreparable damage to the peoples of both countries.” UNIFEED

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan should negotiate mutually beneficial agreement over management of Nile waters, top official tells Security Council.

The new Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom visited Bentiu and Malakal this week as part of his familiarization push to visit every part of the country and meet with the UN staff and local officials. UNMISS

Torrential rainfall in the past few months resulted in large scale floods and consequent displacement across many parts of South Sudan. Alain Noudehou, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan recently visited Bor and Panyagor to assess the situation and discuss ways forward to help the local community. UNMISS

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

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said his country was “bent on supporting Libyans to rid their country of armed militias and terrorist organizations, and put an end to the blatant interference of some regional parties that deliberately transported foreign fighters into Libya, in an effort to fulfill their well-known greed and long-standing colonial illusions.” UNIFEED