"CHILDBIRTH"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UNICEF estimates that over 100,000 children in Tigray could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the next 12 months – a tenfold increase compared to the average annual caseload. UNICEF

More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump over average annual levels, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNTV CH

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Natalia Kanem, wound up a five-day mission to Sudan this week (15 to 19 March). She congratulated the transitional government and the people for the democratic transition underway in the country and the progress that is being made. UNFPA

Agreement on indirect-voting plan for upcoming elections ended political stalemate in Somalia, Special Representative tells Security Council.

UN Special Representative David Shearer said the country was at a very low period in terms of progress on the peace process and emphasized that what is need “is a unity government functioning as a unity government and not as a series of parties in one administration." UNIFEED

WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, expressed concern about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic “on people who already struggle to access health services, often women, children and adolescents.” WHO

Ahead of International Women´s Day, new UN Women report warns that progress towards gender equality is lagging and hard-fought gains are under threat.

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, UN Women launched its report, “Women´s Rights in Review 25 years after Beijing”, a comprehensive stock-take on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, which remains the most comprehensive agenda for gender equality ever agreed. UNIFEED