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Addressing graduating students at the Seton Hall University in Newark, New Jersey, the United Nations’ Secretary-General told them to not “work for climate-wreckers” and instead use their talents to “drive us towards a renewable future.” SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

The World Bank on Wednesday announced it is spending up to $30 billion as part of a comprehensive, global response to the ongoing food security crisis, in areas such as agriculture, nutrition, social protection, water and irrigation. WORLD BANK

As the G7 meets, the IMF is working to secure emergency funding to help Ukraine while it is fending off a Russian invasion, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday in Washington, DC. IMF

Secretary-General António Guterres told Security Council members that when they “fail to reach consensus, hungry people pay a high price.” UNIFEED

Lack of grain exports driving global hunger to famine levels, as war in Ukraine continues, speakers warn Security Council.

Lack of grain exports driving global hunger to famine levels, as war in Ukraine continues, speakers warn Security Council.

The President of the General Assembly convenes the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), the primary intergovernmental global platform for Member States to assess and deliberate on implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, including as it relates to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Press Conference by Shantanu Mukherjee (Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)) and Hamid Rashid (Lead Author Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, DESA) on the World Economic Situation and Prospects Report.

United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, model and actress Sabrina Dhowre Elba, visited Kenya recently to draw attention to the increasing threat that climate change, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine are having on small-scale farmers’ productivity and livelihoods in Africa and around the world. IFAD