"PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE"

According to the United Nations Development Programme, one year on, aspirations for Ukrainians must be greater than simply survival. UNDP

Since June 2022, a combination of heavy rains and riverine, urban, and flash flooding has led to an unprecedented natural disaster in Pakistan. Floods have affected 33 million people, with more than 1,730 lives lost as well as 2 million housing units impacted, and several thousands of schools and hospitals damaged or destroyed. FILE

Destroyed in August 2021 by armed terrorist groups, the Songho and Yawakanda bridges have been rehabilitated as part of an extensive project funded by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. MINUSMA

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

The United Nations Political Affairs Chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, said she was “gravely concerned” about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine and said “combined with soaring gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter. UNIFEED

El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali told the Security Council that the overall situation in the country has remained extremely worrying, adding that there has been no notable progress in the implementation of the Peace Agreement. UNIFEED

The vulnerabilities of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) may be different today than they were 50 years ago – when the UN created the category – but left unaddressed, the results are the same: inequality, hunger, poverty, weak infrastructure, competition for dwindling resources, insecurity and conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres tells the Fifth LDC (LDC5) Conference.

A recent two-day training by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) brought together participants from the country’s Central Equatoria State to discuss managing returns and the reintegration of Internally Displaced People and Returnees. UNMISS

The digital currency revolution is opening new opportunities, but regulators and the public need to manage new risks and threats IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said today in Washington, DC. IMF

The IMF announced today that the United States economic growth is expected to be around seven percent in 2021 and around five percent in 2022 in a press briefing led by the IMF’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva and the United States mission chief Nigel Chalk. IMF