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Noting that “there’s more liquidity in Asia than in Europe and USA combined”, the President of Timor-Leste asked the UN Secretary-General to host a “historic summit” to come up with a plan to fight poverty with the wealth from the Global South. UNIFEED

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) hosted a celebration in commemoration of the international day and invited peace actors from all segments of South Sudanese society to take part. UNIFEED

The United Nations received pledges and commitments “sufficient to start the FSO Safer salvage operation,” David Gressly, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

Humanitarian, security and political developments including the formation of district councils were among the issues covered in discussions on Tuesday by top United Nations officials in Somalia on their visit to Jubaland. UNSOM

Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic, reiterated his country’s support for “the common position of the African Union, which calls for the in-depth reform of the UN and the expansion of the seats of the members of the Security Council for fairer participation and more representative of all continents.” UNIFEED

Following the violent Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border clashes last week, the president of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Zhaparov, told the General Assembly that his country is “ready to continue the negotiation process” with Tajikistan “through civilized and legal ways.” UNIFEED

Asking for a ceasefire in Ukraine, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the General Assembly’s General Debate that his country supports “all efforts to reduce the economic impacts of this crisis”, but it does “not believe that the best way is to adopt unilateral and selective sanctions, that are inconsistent with International Law.” UNIFEED

Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding, which “is not going anywhere,” UN relief agencies said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Secretary-General António Guterres said that civil unrest had brought Haiti to a “standstill,” a UN spokesperson told reporters. UNIFEED