"FLOODS"

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric provided updates on the humanitarian situations in Libya, Sudan, and Niger. UNIFEED

More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history, UNICEF warned. UNICEF

Secretary-General António Guterres asked, “how much suffering the world – particularly the most vulnerable countries like Pakistan – will endure before emissions are cut.” UNIFEED / FILE

The International Organization for Migration appealed for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration. IOM

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “As the northern hemisphere winter approaches, we continue to see concerning trends for COVID-19. Among the relatively few countries that report them, both hospitalizations and ICU admissions have increased in the past 28 days, particularly in the Americas and Europe.” WHO

Moroccan Ambassador Omar Hilale said that his country is facing the repercussions from the recent earthquake with “determination, seriousness and solidarity. And these are the values of Morocco.” UNIFEED

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre called for reforms in multilateral institutions, reiterating that “these establishments and their current structures are no longer fit for purpose.” UNIFEED

The Pakistani Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, stated, “Geo-politics is resurging when geo-economics should have primacy in the world. The world cannot afford Cold War 2.0. There are far greater challenges confronting humankind which demand global cooperation and collective action.” UNIFEED

Catherine Colonna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, said, “What are our principles? They are those that this Assembly reaffirmed by overwhelming majorities when it condemned - three times already - Russian aggression against Ukraine.” UNIFEED

More than a week after floods caused by Storm Daniel devastated eastern Libya, killing thousands and displacing many more, the country’s Minister of Youth, Fatalla AF Elzuni, called upon the world “to live up to its responsibility to Libya in order to help cope with the aftermath of this disaster.” UNIFEED