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After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometre-an-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada late Friday and Saturday, the UN said. UNTV CH

The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, said, “there is absolutely no doubt that today, we as a community of nations, collectively face the most challenging social, economic and environmental situation we have experienced in modern history.” UNIFEED

British Prime Minister Liz Truss told world leaders, “the story of 2022 could have been that of an authoritarian state, rolling its tanks over the border of a peaceful neighbor, and subjugating its people. Instead, it's a story of freedom fighting back, in the face of rising aggression, we've shown that we have the power to act and the resolve to see it through.” UNIFEED

Katalin Éva Novák, President of Hungary said that the organizations set up to avoid war and preserve peace are focusing on ideological indoctrination, and she added, “This is not what is needed today. UNIFEED

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi told the General Assembly his country is serious about reviving a deal on its nuclear program and asked for “only one thing: commitment, observance of commitments.” UNIFEED

With COVID-19 exposing the fault-lines of education systems globally, more than 130 countries committed to rebooting their education systems and accelerating action to end the learning crisis, at the UN Transforming Education Summit. UNIFEED

After, torrential monsoon rains triggered the most severe flooding in Pakistan's recent history, over 1,460 health facilities have been affected. Access to health care facilities, health care workers and essential medicines and medical supplies is limited. WHO

Ahead of the 77th session of the General Assembly’s General Debate, Secretary-General António Guterres said that faced with geopolitical divisions, climate change, pandemics and high levels of inequality, “we need unity. We need cooperation, we need dialogue. And the present geopolitical divides are not allowing it to happen.” UNIFEED

At a General Assembly’s remembrance event for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UN Secretary-General described her as “a pillar without peer on the world stage for more than seventy years.” UNIFEED

General Assembly pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, consummate diplomat, beloved leader for over 70 years.