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A study last year estimated that 12 per cent of the almost 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh’s Cox's Bazar District are living with disabilities. UNHCR

To help vulnerable farmers get through the worst drought in forty years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has so far supported more than 138 300 households (comprising 691 500 people) in just the Somali region of Ethiopia with life-sustaining supplies and by the end of 2022 will have assisted a total of 1.5 million households in need (7.5 million people) across the entire country. FAO

King Felipe VI of Spain visited IMF Headquarters in Washington today. The IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, along with First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath and Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh welcomed him and hosted a lunch in his honor. IMF

One year after the appearance of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief said it “has proved to be significantly more transmissible than its predecessor, Delta, and continues to cause significant mortality due to the intensity of transmission.” WHO

A UN spokesperson said, “Volker Türk, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, today expressed shock that more than 130 people have now been sentenced to death by military courts behind closed doors in Myanmar.” UNIFEED

The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. UNIFEED

Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), briefed reporters virtually on the release of the latest Food Price Index.

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

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently held a workshop for new parliamentarians on strengthening anti-corruption oversight. UNMISS

People with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than compared to others in the society, according to a new report launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. UNTV CH