"HUNGER"

The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger. WHO

Actor Idris Elba tells world leaders that poor farmers need investment not handouts at award ceremony in Davos. IFAD

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the rule of law is foundational to the United Nation,” reiterating that the Security Council has “a vital role in upholding it.” UNIFEED

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

In his New Year’s Message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Together, let’s make 2023 a year when peace is restored to our lives, our homes, and our world.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Women literally being erased from public life in Afghanistan, speaker tells Security Council, sounding alarm over country’s dire situation.

Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative for Afghanistan, said that the Taliban’s decision to suspend women from secondary education is “causing damage today that will be felt long into the future.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a United Nations “success story,” he called on donors to deliver on a $1 billion CERF “that is even more effective and successful.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his Office will launch a year-long campaign to mark 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Türk, who this week visited Ukraine, said this miraculous, transformative text is as relevant today as when it was written. UNTV CH