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Looking forward to the remaining eight months of her tenure, General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa took stock of her seven priorities and what still remains to be accomplished. UNIFEED

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo as well as ex-militia leader Charles Blé Goudé of all charges against them. ICC

Secretary-General António Guterres joined his voice to the expressions of total solidarity with the people, the Government and the President of Kenya in condemnation of what he called a “horrible terrorist act” that took place in Nairobi this morning. UNIFEED

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his country was honoured to assume the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China for 2019 adding that Palestine would undertake this “great responsibility” with “humility, commitment, and dedication.” UNIFEED

Following the mortar attack on the UN compound on January 1st in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Isse Awad, visited the compound and met with senior UN officials on Tuesday. UNSOM

Conditions in a makeshift Syrian camp near the border with Jordan are “increasingly desperate” and “have become a matter of life and death”, UN officials warned on Tuesday, after at least eight children died there from extreme cold and a lack of medical care. UNTV CH

Thousands of families in conflict-affected communities south of the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah in Yemen have received aid for the first time in more than six months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is following events in Venezuela and remains concerned about the situation there, his spokesperson said today. UNIFEED

In Mopti, Central Mali, where remoteness and limited infrastructure cause isolation to many, community radios are often the only media to connect them to each other and to the world. A Quick Impact Project (QIP) sponsored by MINUSMA, allowed Mopti community radio stations to reach remote areas through powerful transmitters. MINUSMA

United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres met Monday with the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of a meeting of the “Group 77 and China” tomorrow, 15 January, when Palestine will take up the chairmanship of the Group. UNIFEED