"HUMANITARIAN CRISIS"

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell said, “climate change does not respect borders and boundaries, it does not respect political election cycles,” but it does impact the lives of people globally. UNIFEED / FILE

Speaking to the High-Level Debate of the General Assembly on behalf of the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Victor Généus said, “Haiti finds itself at a crossroad, one that is extremely difficult but decisive for its future,” adding that the government “is facing a complex dilemma that must be solved and this requires the effective support of our partners.” UNIFEED

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said, “we seem to fail the people of Syria more each year.” UNIFEED

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 9129th Meeting

A joint assessment by the World Bank and the government of Ukraine estimates that the cost of reconstruction and recovery for Ukraine is US$349 billion. WORLD BANK

A UN spokesperson said that the World Food Programme's first humanitarian shipment of grain from Ukraine that was delivered under the Black Sea Grain Initiative has started to arrive in Ethiopia. UNIFEED

Federal, local leaders in Somalia must work closely to improve governance, counter terrorism, address humanitarian crisis, mission head tells Security Council.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council that Somalia is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with some 7.8 million Somalis — nearly half of the country’s estimated population — impacted by the worst drought in at least four decades, exacerbated by climate factors. UNIFEED

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said that the reality caused by the drought in Somalia is “unprecedented”, warning the possible “horror of famine coming to the Horn of Africa.” UNIFEED