"NATURAL DISASTERS"

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will speak to reporters on the climate crisis at the Security Council Stakeout following his recent travel to Chile and Antarctica.   

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

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

Climate change took centre-stage as world leaders gathered for the annual General Assembly high-level debate this September in New York. UNIFEED / FILE

Secretary-General António Guterres asked, “how much suffering the world – particularly the most vulnerable countries like Pakistan – will endure before emissions are cut.” UNIFEED / FILE

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, took part in an inter-agency UN mission to Derna from September 15-16 to conduct a preliminary assessment, including the possibility of setting up a UN hub closer to the affected areas for timely response. UNHCR

While UN humanitarians scale up the response to survivors of the flood disaster in Libya which wiped out entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead and many more missing, the UN’s aid chief warned that mental health care will be a huge issue for survivors of that catastrophe and the Moroccan earthquake last week. UNTV CH

The Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, referred to the devastating floods in eastern parts of the country as “something that we've never seen in Libya before.” UNIFEED

In-person press briefing by Ambassador Taher El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of the State of Libya to the United Nations on the situation of floods in Libya, as a result of Cyclone Daniel , 9-11 September, 2023. The Press Conference is held in both English and Arabic.

The UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment closed on Wednesday at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) after three days of high-level events, meetings and dialogues bringing together over 2000 participants from 180 countries to explore challenges and opportunities to transform agrifood systems. FAO