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A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a 17 per cent increase compared to last year, UN Humanitarians said on Thursday. UNTV CH

As scientists race to understand how virulent and transmissible the new Omicron COVID-19 variant is, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) once again urged caution on Tuesday, with a reminder of the available precautions that should be used to stop the virus from spreading further. UNTV CH

Securing the funding needed for sustainable development by involving as many actors from different sectors is more urgent than ever, amid a widening “trust deficit” between the haves and the have-nots, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Monday. UNTV CH

At the opening of a special session of the World Health Assembly, WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said the emergence of the “highly-mutated” Omicron variant is “another reminder that although many of us might think we are done with COVID-19, it is not done with us." WHO

The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. UNTV CH

Amid escalating conflict in Yemen, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that access to lifesaving aid is becoming harder for civilians in Marib governorate, including more than one million people who are estimated to be displaced there. UNTV CH

As Austria announced today that it will go into its fourth nationwide lockdown amid soaring cases of COVID-19 infections, the Alpine country will also become the first European country to make vaccinations against COVID-19 mandatory starting in February 2022. UNTV CH

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was concerned that legal action is under way in Russia “seeking to close down Memorial, among the country’s most respected human rights groups,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

At the Young Activists Summit in Geneva today, six young people with inspirational plans for our world came to the United Nations to share their hopes and dreams, and to show other young people what could be achieved when a vision of making the world a better place becomes reality. UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern that “arrests have been continuing over the last week in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, as well as in Gondar, Bahir Dar and other locations, as police invoke the excessively wide provisions of the state of emergency declared on 2 November to arrest, search and detain people.” OHCHR