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The UN Refugee Agency is deeply concerned by the rapidly evolving emergency in Armenia, with over 100,000 refugee arrivals in less than a week. UNHCR

More than 11,600 children crossed the Central Mediterranean Sea to Italy without their parents or legal guardians between January and mid-September 2023. This is an increase of 60 per cent compared to the same period last year, where around 7,200 unaccompanied or separated children made the perilous crossing. UNICEF

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on track to have record levels of verified grave violations against children for a third consecutive year in 2023. UNICEF

The President of the 78th session of the General Assembly Dennis Francis said that he is encouraged by the engagement and participation of delegations during the Assembly's annual debate, a total of 189 member states spoke from the rostrum. UNIFEED

La Porte-Parole du Haut-Commissariat des Droits de l’Homme, Ravina Shamdasani, a dit, “Nous lançons aujourd’hui un appel pour le déploiement d’une mission multinationale de soutien pour aider la Police nationale haïtienne à lutter contre le cycle de violence systémique dans la société haïtienne.” HCDH

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, “A multinational security support mission needs to be urgently deployed to help the Haitian National Police combat the cycle of violence which has permeated all levels of society and exacerbated a dire security and human rights crisis.” OHCHR

The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that there is a path forward for the Syrian conflict, but if it is not taken, “it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.” UNIFEED

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

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed said having only one out of the five leaders of the permanent members of the Security Council attend the General Assembly’s General Debate was “disappointing,” and added that “we might have had more commitments that would have been tangible had they been here on many of the SDGs.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said, “It is time to support strengthened engagement with the relevant components of the de facto authorities through appropriate means to increase their knowledge and further compliance of law enforcement actions with international norms.” UNIFEED