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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted a two-day official mission to Colombia from Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 January, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that gang-related violence has reached levels not seen in decades, reiterating that the people of Haiti are counting on the international community. UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today condemned the brutal killing of leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, who was shot dead in his home on 21 January in the presence of his wife and children, a spokesperson said. OHCHR

Ukraine hopes to have the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 10-point peace plan in February, the country’s First Deputy Foreign Minister informed. UNIFEED

As armed groups, coups d’état destabilize West Africa, Sahel, role of United Nations Regional Office key in consolidating democracy, speakers tell Security Council.

The International Monetary Fund stands ready to support Egyptian authorities’ economic reforms and efforts to tame inflation, Fund Mission Chief for Egypt Ivanna Vladkova Hollar said in a news conference on Tuesday in Washington, DC. IMF

Global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. WORLD BANK GROUP

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

Despite ‘glimmer of hope’ in Armenia, Azerbaijan conflict, escalating tensions threaten to derail fragile progress, senior official tells Security Council.

Top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenča said, “any renewed conflict would not only impact the people of Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also likely the wider South Caucasus region and beyond,” reiterating that the international community “must not let this happen.” UNIFEED