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The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) urges advanced economies to change course in their monetary and fiscal policies to avert global recession. UNTV CH

Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in New York that “while climate chaos gallops ahead, climate action has stalled,” and said that the upcoming COP27 in Sharm el-Shaikh “is critical – but we have a long way to go.” UNIFEED

On recent leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Navid Hanif told Security Council, “any attack on critical civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure, would be unacceptable. This incident must not be allowed to further increase tensions or deepen divisions in an already tense regional context.” UNIFEED

Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning the country’s proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine. UNIFEED

UN humanitarians said on Friday that at its 2-month mark, around 5 ½ million tons of grain and other foodstuffs were moved under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on about 255 ships from three key Ukrainian ports to their final destinations worldwide. UNTV CH

With the 2 October deadline for another extension of the peace truce in Yemen quickly approaching, the UN Secretary-General strongly urged the parties not only to renew but also to expand the truce’s terms and duration, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The International Labour Organization’s 10th Director-General, Guy Ryder concluded his 10-year term in office on 30 September and handed the keys of office to his successor, Gilbert F. Houngbo. ILO

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “A clear indicator of the deteriorating situation is the surge in internal displacement since January 2022, which has brought the total number of displaced people to 5.5 million – the largest caseload in Africa.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently organized a three-day capacity building conference for personnel of South Sudan’s National Prisons Service on how other UN member states are promoting gender equality and working to reduce sexual and gender-based violence by implementing institutional and prison service reforms. UNMISS

“Without peace we will not achieve Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals,” Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said at the Agriculture Ministers Meeting of the G20 held this week in Bali, Indonesia. FAO