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Amid probable atrocity crimes, Ukraine suffering largest human displacement crisis in world today, political affairs chief tells Security Council.

A senior Civil Affairs officer from the United Nations in Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called for an urgent healing and reconciliation process in South Sudan’s southern Unity State, where gruesome attacks on communities in the area have resulted in deaths, beheadings, sexual violence, and abductions. UNMISS

“We cannot accept mass hunger and starvation in the twenty-first century,” UN Chief said, addressing the G7 Ministerial Conference on Global Food Security. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit. UNICEF

World Bank Group President David Malpass and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power highlighted the importance of responding to the interlocking crises facing developing countries, including through support to countries facing a food crisis. WORLD BANK

Window of opportunity for South Sudan meeting critical benchmarks closing, mission head tells Security Council, calling peace agreement vital.

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that WHO does not recommend mass vaccination against monkeypox. WHO

World Bank issued a new forecast for the global economy, showing that global growth is expected to slump from 5.7 percent in 2021 to 2.9 percent in 2022— significantly lower than the 4.1 percent that was anticipated in January. WORLD BANK

The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) Chief Economist, Maximo Torero, expressed concerns that if countrries don't have “significant access to fertilizers” this year, in 2023 yields will go down, which could mean “an increase of around 18 million more people chronically undernourished.” UNIFEED