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The IMF will consider efforts to combat corruption and improve governance in any future programme with Equatorial Guinea, spokesperson Gerry Rice told reporters today in Washington. IMF

Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said “the outlook for the year ahead is bleak," as “one person in 45 around the world" are expected to need humanitarian aid in 2020, "the highest number ever.” UNIFEED

Building upon momentum from national dialogue can help Cameroon resolve political and humanitarian crises, special representative tells Security Council at 8679th meeting.

Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. UNIFEED

Bamboo, the backbone of Rohingya refugee shelters, wears out after a year or so in Bangladesh’s extreme weather. But thanks to an innovative treatment, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) was able to double and even triple the lifespan of the material, saving forests and lives. UNHCR

World leaders adopt political declaration to address special needs of landlocked developing countries, promote strong partnerships with neighbours at 39th and 40th plenary meetings.

World leaders adopt political declaration to address special needs of landlocked developing countries, promote strong partnerships with neighbours at 39th and 40th plenary meetings.

Renewing authorization for international naval forces fighting piracy off Somali coast, Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2500 (2019) at 8678th meeting.

The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting from preventive medicine for malaria has increased significantly in recent years, according to the World Health Organization’s World malaria report 2019. WHO

Staff at the International Monetary Fund marked Giving Tuesday by volunteering to pack over 1,000 boxes of winter essentials to distribute to the homeless in Washington, DC. IMF