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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

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

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

Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world today agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems.UN BIODIVERSITY

General Assembly takes Up Second Committee reports, adopting 38 resolutions, 2 decisions.

New data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and treatment services in 2021. WHO

Nearly two months into the cholera outbreak in Haiti, UNICEF is warning that approximately 40 percent of the growing number of confirmed cases are among children. UNICEF

In Mozambique, displaced people are battling climate change on the frontlines. UNHCR

The heads of three UN entities and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross today urged States to support a new political declaration to protect civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas. UNICEF

The United Nations Peacekeeping Chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council that current challenges to global peace, security and development, “will increasingly call for unique and specific policing responses.” UNIFEED