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The stark warning from the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises released on Wednesday revealed that conflict, or economic shocks that are often related to COVID-19 along with extreme weather, are continuing to push millions of people into acute food insecurity. UNIFEED

Mounting numbers of people face acute hunger and require urgent life-saving assistance, with number acutely hungry people in countries hit by food crises reaching in 2020 the highest level in five years, an annual report launched by an international alliance of UN, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together has found. FAO

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

Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the World TB Day (24 Mar) marks the occasion for the international community to call for more action to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) as a public health burden by 2030. UNITAID

A price reduction of 70 per cent, a much shorter treatment and three times fewer weekly pills are the advantages of a new preventive treatment for latent Tuberculosis (TB) that UNITAID and its partners have started to roll out a few days ahead of World Tuberculosis Day. UNTV CH

After making landfall on Saturday, tropical cyclone Eloise has claimed several dead, a dozen injuries and several thousands of people displaced in Mozambique, the UN’s humanitarian office said today. UNTV CH

Calling for greater efforts to promote culture of tolerance, General Assembly adopts resolution condemning offences against religious sites.

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

General Assembly adopts decision postponing organizational session of Ad Hoc Committee elaborating anti-cybercrime convention, due to COVID-19 fears.

Approving $3.21 billion budget, General Assembly adopts 25 resolutions, decisions from its main committees, concluding main part of seventy-fifth session.