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Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious on the planet after COVID-19, infecting around 10 million people each year. 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis each year. WHO

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that in a joint statement on Yemen’s humanitarian situation and funding gap, 60 UN agencies and non-governmental organizations “called for unhindered access to all communities in Yemen in order to identify their needs.” UNIFEED

According to a new UN report, new multi-billion-dollar commitments to boost renewables and access to electricity and clean cooking technologies by 2030 have brought the finance and investment pledged through the UN for the energy transition over the trillion-dollar mark. UNIFEED

The head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes said, "the fighting shows no sign of abating while neither side appears close to a decisive military victory.” UNIFEED

A-three-day workshop on international Human Rights treaties for 60 parliamentarians of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (RTNLA) organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the national non-governmental organization Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has just concluded in South Sudan’s capital Juba. UNMISS

“We are extremely alarmed that at least 43 people were killed, including a policeman, and 56 injured during demonstrations on Wednesday in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We have received information indicating that the death toll may be higher,” Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Office, said. UNTV CH

After concluding a two-week mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the country, Bintou Keita, said, “the last mile in peace operations is the hardest,” and added that “by listening to the people, we are committed to protecting, and consulting with close partners working in the field, we can ensure a responsible drawdown.” MONUSCO

The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 25-26 July 2023. The programme of the Management Segment meetings is structured around action that ECOSOC is expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health and related matters, including by recommendation of its subsidiary and related bodies.