"PRESERVATION"

On the last day of his visit to Cabo Verde, Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Ocean Race Summit in Mindelo, saying that “ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win, and by working as one, it’s a race we can win.” UNIFEED

War leaving invisible scars for Ukrainians, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council, noting one fourth of population will develop mental-health condition.

Close to 1 billion people in low- and lower-middle income countries - 1 in 8 of the world’s population –are served by health-care facilities that lack a reliable electricity supply, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll). WHO

The Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question - Security Council, 9236th Meeting

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In a statement issued Monday (2 Jan), UN humanitarian leaders urged Security Council members to preserve the cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria, warning that without it, millions of people, especially those displaced for years and multiple times, will not have access to food and shelter, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts $3.4 billion programme budget for 2023, approves permanent shift to annual cycle, concluding main part of Seventy-Seventh Session.

Briefing reporters today, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan said that “humanitarian needs are absolutely enormous” and the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan should be “absolutely preserved”. UNIFEED

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

A refugee is on the front lines of the fight against climate change in Guatemala. UNHCR