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Laying out his priorities for 2022, Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly that “we face a five-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries,” referring to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a morally bankrupt global financial system, the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace, and diminished peace and security. UNIFEED

Ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the President of the General Assembly Abdulla Shahid appealed to all Member States to demonstrate their commitment to the Olympic Truce and to “undertake concrete actions at the local, national, regional and world levels to promote and strengthen a culture of peace and harmony based on the spirit of the Truce.” UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, Secretary-General António Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic “demonstrated how quickly an infectious disease can sweep across the world, push health systems to the brink, and upend daily life for all of humanity.” UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE

After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva. UNTV CH

Estonia, France, Ireland, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States urged all Security Council members to support an open briefing to discuss the “dire human rights situation” in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and "its implications for peace and security." UNIFEED

The Deputy High commissioner called on the Human Rights Council to remain apprised of the human rights situation in Nicaragua and to consider all measures within its power to promote accountability for the serious violations that have occurred since 2018. OHCHR stands ready to assist in these efforts. OHCHR

The world’s anti-corruption conference began in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt today, with 152 countries meeting to advance action through the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and strengthen integrity responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIS VIENNA

Marking Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said the past two years have demonstrated, “all too painfully, the intolerable cost of soaring inequalities,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH