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New agenda sets sail with bold action as UN Water Conference closes. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on the closing of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said, “We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.” UNIFEED

“At Starbucks, we are committed to conserve and replenish water across our business by 50 percent by 2030,” Starbucks Sustainability chief told the UN 2023 Water Conference plenary meeting. UNIFEED

The United Nations top humanitarian official said it was “vital for global food security” that the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the UN Secretariat on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports continue, “and should be fully implemented.” UNIFEED

The Chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, told reporters, “Islamic rights enshrine women's rights, that there is no space for groups such as those in Afghanistan or anywhere else to claim that Islam justifies their actions.” UNIFEED

A Special High-level Event to Commemorate the International Day to Combat Islamophobia highlighted diversity "not as a threat, but as richness of all societies." UNIFEED

“These policy briefs present a series of ideas to serve as inspiration, and to provide clarity to facilitate the choices that are in the hands of Member States,” said the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, launching two policy briefs in New York. UNIFEED

UN gathering in Doha concluded Thursday, ushering in a new era of solidarity for the world’s Least Developed Countries. UNIFEED

Today, the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar, turned its attention to one of our most nettlesome global challenges: closing the staggeringly wide digital divide between nations. UNIFEED

Today in Doha, Qatar, at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries opening, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, said, “The era of broken promises must end – now.” UNIFEED