"REFUGEES"

The Secretary-General, António Guterres, launched today the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, saying that the world is facing a crisis with record high numbers of people around the world displaced within their countries. UNIFEED

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters, “finding solution to UNRWA chronic financial problem requires political will to match the support for the mandate with sufficient resources," adding that the problem lays at a discrepancy between what UNRWA is expected to deliver and the resource being made available. UNIFEED

According to the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, more than 59 million people were internally displaced in 2021 as a consequence mainly related due to climate events. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

Israeli forces were responsible for the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian shots - the UN human rights office alleged on Friday. UNTV CH

Press Conference by the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

The United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged on Thursday donors and Member States to contribute to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). UNIFEED

Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million people in Ethiopia who are facing a combination of conflict in the north and climate shocks – drought – in the south while dwindling resources mean food and nutrition support may run dry from next month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned. WFP

Concluding humanitarian affairs segment, Economic and Social Council adopts text on increasing coordination of United Nations emergency humanitarian assistance.