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The humanitarian impact of the climate crisis is under the spotlight in Dubai. In a COP first, UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA inaugurated on Saturday the Humanitarian Hub, which will host more than 40 humanitarian events organized by dozens of organizations, including international and local NGOs as well as academic and financial institutions. OCHA

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, said that more than 8 million people need assistance in the country. UNIFEED

Visiting the birthplace of Gautama Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call “to reflect on the teachings of Lord Buddha and to consider what his message of peace, interdependence, and compassion, means in today’s troubled world.” UN NEPAL

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

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, said, “there is an alarming rise in political contestation turning violent or fueling intra-State conflicts, as well as in acts of terrorism and violent extremism, which expose systemic governance deficits associated with weak or absent State institutions”. UNIFEED

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “The world is increasingly divided, fragmented and inward looking,” adding that “forty-four new emergencies in 31 countries, capping off an awful record of number of crises in one year.” UNHCR

On the first day of the new 2023-2024 academic year in Burkina Faso, UNICEF warns that at least 1 in 4 schools – or 6,149 – remain shut due to ongoing violence and insecurity in parts of the country. As a result, an estimated one million children are out of school and exposed to many threats. UNICEF

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today flagged climate change as a “spiralling human rights emergency for many countries”, as he called for decisive action to tackle the global planetary crisis. UNTV CH

The United Nations top official in Libya said that the people of Libya “want to end the successive interim arrangements and have a strong desire for an elected and legitimate leadership to govern the country.” UNIFEED

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