"ECONOMIC COOPERATION"

With the movement of population on the rise, it is important that countries get prepared to respond to the urgent needs that the health sector might confront, a WHO expert warned the day the UN agency launched its first world report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) World report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Comprehensive political strategy needed to tackle structural causes behind conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo, mission head tells Security Council.

Ahead of the World Ocean Summit, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) called for the recognition of the importance of small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture, which are “a critical part of fisheries,” according to a senior FAO official. FAO

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2615 (2021), enabling provision of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as country faces economic crisis.

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Huang Xia highlighted to the Security Council the necessity to “sustainably build on these accomplishments while firmly addressing the challenges that persist” in the region. UNIFEED

Security Council presidential statement on Great Lakes urges concerted efforts against armed groups’ illicit funding from pillaged natural resources.

Luca Beccari, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of San Marino, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi condemned the “continued illegal US sanctions” levied against his country and demanded that “this organized crime against humanity be recorded as a symbol and reality of the so-called American human rights.” UNIFEED