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The President of the 78th session of the General Assembly Dennis Francis said that he is encouraged by the engagement and participation of delegations during the Assembly's annual debate, a total of 189 member states spoke from the rostrum. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said, “It is time to support strengthened engagement with the relevant components of the de facto authorities through appropriate means to increase their knowledge and further compliance of law enforcement actions with international norms.” UNIFEED

The Pakistani Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, stated, “Geo-politics is resurging when geo-economics should have primacy in the world. The world cannot afford Cold War 2.0. There are far greater challenges confronting humankind which demand global cooperation and collective action.” UNIFEED

The first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will be hosted in Rome by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 25 to 27 September 2023. FAO

At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse, acutely affecting the lives of millions of women, men, girls, and boys.” UNTV CH

Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, Yasmine Sherif, said that an illiterate nation can never recover from war, manage climate change, end extreme poverty, or provide basic services. UNIFEED

Right now, in Afghanistan, over 15 million people are struggling to put food on their plates and the World Food Programme (WFP) can only support 3 million of them from now on due to a massive funding shortfall. WFP

Floods, droughts and extreme temperatures continued to be the norm during the month of August. UNIFEED

UN officials warned the Security Council that Da’esh, also known as ISIL, and its affiliates continue to constitute a “serious threat” and “remains agile and ambitious”. UNIFEED