"FINANCIAL SITUATION"

The IMF is working with authorities in several African countries to provide help stabilizing their economies and financial situations spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC. IMF

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said that in 2022 to date, over 150 Palestinians and more than 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel, “the highest numbers of fatalities in years.” UNIFEED

Despite pandemic, climate crises, global goals in social protection, education still within reach, Economic and Social Council President tells General Assembly.

General Assembly adopts four texts, including budget allocations for Human Rights Council activities, flexible workspace, Joint Inspection Unit.

Questions pertaining to crime prevention, criminal justice, among texts adopted by Economic and Social Council.

Secretary-General urges action to extinguish ‘five-alarm global fire’, as he presents annual report on United Nations work, priorities for 2022 in General Assembly.

The Secretary-General met in Beirut today with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and he reiterated his message of solidarity with Lebanon and its people at this difficult time. UNIFIL

Secretary-General António Guterres said “COVID-19 is not going away," and stressed that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way.” UNIFEED

Taliban can’t rule Afghanistan without women, said an Afghan political campaigner Zarifa Ghafari – a former mayor who fled Kabul last month – insisting that the Taliban must allow women to play a meaningful part in Afghanistan’s future. UNTV CH

"I am concerned by the continued tragic loss of life and serious injuries in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland told the Security Council on Monday, calling on Israel to “fulfills its obligation to protect Palestinian civilians from violence, including by Israeli settlers.” UNIFEED