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The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19 in addition to a lack of funding have left 41 million people on the verge of famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. UNIFEED

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Electing Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid President of Seventy-Sixth Session, General Assembly selects Main Committee Bureaus, Economic and Social Council members.

Electing Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid President of Seventy-Sixth Session, General Assembly selects Main Committee Bureaus, Economic and Social Council members.

Opening special session on corruption, General Assembly adopts political declaration with road maps to help countries tackle bribery, money-laundering, abuse of power.

Opening special session on corruption, General Assembly adopts political declaration with road maps to help countries tackle bribery, money-laundering, abuse of power.

The Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations is launching its second programming round with a high-level virtual event which features discussion by the Member States that have received funding in the first programming round, and by new contributors to the Fund about the important and innovative work of the Fund, and the broader progress of the deployment of uniformed women in Peace Operations and showcase Member States’ progress and good practices.

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said increasing the number of women in peacekeeping “is not enough,” and stressed the need to “transform our institutions and the way we do things.” UNIFEED

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