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The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world can still be contained and the overall risk of transmission is low, the UN health agency said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The head of WHO Smallpox Secretariat Dr Rosamund Lewis said, “monkeypox is really a disease of close contact. And so the risk to the general public remains very low. However, direct contact with the person who may be infected or who has a confirmed case of monkeypox means that the risk is obviously higher.” WHO

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told health ministers on that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time yet for any country to lower its guard. WHO

Multiple global crises are causing a marked deterioration in the global labour market recovery, with increasing inequalities within and between countries, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). ILO

Records in four out of seven key climate indicators were broken last year, UN climate scientists said on Wednesday, as the UN Secretary-General renewed his call for governments everywhere to end their reliance on fossil fuels “before we incinerate our only home.” UNTV CH

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, "over the last week, COVID-19 cases have risen in four out of the six WHO regions. Due to testing and sequencing reducing in many countries, it is increasingly difficult to know where the virus is and how it’s mutating." WHO

“We are deeply alarmed by the imminent execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran of Swedish-Iranian doctor and academic Ahmedreza Djalali and urgently call on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution and revoke his death sentence,” said Throssell, OHCHR's Spokesperson. UNTV CH

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “we are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the authorities.” UNTV CH

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the Human Rights Council’s special session on Ukraine that her Office continues to verify allegations of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law, many of which may amount to war crimes. UNTV CH