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The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.” FAO

Secretary-General António Guterres told Security Council members that when they “fail to reach consensus, hungry people pay a high price.” UNIFEED

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

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

While great progress has been made to remove all known landmines and other explosive remnants of war in South Sudan, some of the country’s communities are still endangered by their presence. Ilene Cohn, Acting Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS, recently visited one of them, Gondokoro near the capital Juba, as part of her assessment of mine action activities in the youngest nation of the world. UNMISS

Security Council extends mandate of interim security force in Abyei for six months, unanimously adopting resolution 2630 (2022).

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

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

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

A newly opened health center provides essential health services in Abu Gaw, North Darfur, for the first time since the village’s previous health facility was destroyed and the community fled during the war in 2004. WHO