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Climate change exacerbates existing conflict risks, likely to create new ones, Assistant Secretary-General warns Security Council.

“Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia have left parts of the Arctic warmer than Florida and fueled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast. UNTV CH

The world needs to make positive changes and set the path for sustainable recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said today. IMF

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

“Measures implemented by governments to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to drug trafficking routes by air being disrupted,” the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today, “along with a drastic reduction or increased interdiction in trafficking routes over land.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

While the world grapples with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an online debate today between UN and international agency heads and the wider public highlighted serious concerns about the challenges facing multilateralism, along with optimism that it is the only way to tackle global threats. UNTV CH

An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head of the UN weather agency said today. UNTV CH

General Assembly postpones fourth session of intergovernmental conference to draft marine biodiversity treaty in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction