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Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said today, warning that, without urgent action, millions could face greater risks of being malnourished. UNICEF

On the margins of the United Nations 2023 Water conference an African Union (AU) official said, “the strategic importance” of water “places it in the frontline of national interest,” and can be “a veritable tool for both economic growth and stability.” UNIFEED

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that he remains “deeply troubled by continued Israeli settlement expansion”, warning that it can “further entrench the occupation, fuel tensions, and systematically erode the viability of a Palestinian State as part of a two-State solution.” UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly marked today the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a ceremony with different personalities, including the Secretary-General and the Mayor of New York City. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the IPCC report launched today is “a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe.” In a reference to this year’s Best Film Academy Award winner, he said, “our world needs climate action on all fronts -- everything, everywhere, all at once.” IPCC

According to the International Organization for Migration, the outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is one of the largest displacement crises in the world. IOM

Half of Syria’s population faces hunger as conflict passes 12-year milestone and earthquakes deepen economic woes, said the World Food Programme. WFP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement to secure the purchase of a large vessel as part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the agency’s administrator informed. UNIFEED

UN gathering in Doha concluded Thursday, ushering in a new era of solidarity for the world’s Least Developed Countries. UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his global update to the 52nd UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, covering country situations and thematic issues. UNTV CH