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The IMF announced that global growth is expected to slow from 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.9 percent in 2023 in a press briefing held in Singapore to mark the launch of the January update of the World Economic Outlook report. IMF

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted an official mission to Venezuela, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix joined a patrol of the Blue Line with Ghanaian peacekeepers and Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers. UNIFIL

The United Nations condemns the attack on the Azarbaijan embassy in Tehran, Iran, that reportedly resulted in multiple casualties, including one fatality, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, said that the security environment in the country had remained complex in recent months, particularly in the Center and the tri-border area between Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted a two-day official mission to Colombia from Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 January, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Briefing the Security Council today on the International Criminal Court’s Darfur-related activities, the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that the cooperation with the government of Sudan has deteriorated. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told reporters, “What Haitians most want right now is security, security to go about their lives without the fear of being injured or kidnap when they leave their homes in the morning.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that gang-related violence has reached levels not seen in decades, reiterating that the people of Haiti are counting on the international community. UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today condemned the brutal killing of leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, who was shot dead in his home on 21 January in the presence of his wife and children, a spokesperson said. OHCHR