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The United Nations condemns the attack on the Azarbaijan embassy in Tehran, Iran, that reportedly resulted in multiple casualties, including one fatality, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told reporters, “We cannot leave and abandon the women of Afghanistan. It's not when it gets hard that we drop off. It's when it gets hard that they see more of us and that we're there in solidarity with them.” UNIFEED / UNAMA

UNESCO is dedicating this year's International Day of Education to girls and women in Afghanistan who have been deprived of their right to education. UNIFEED

WHO is launching its 2023 health emergency appeal today for US$ 2.54 billion to provide assistance to millions of people around the world facing health emergencies. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has increased by almost a quarter compared to 2022, to a record 339 million. WHO

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis. UNICEF

Several members of the Security Council expressed “grave concern regarding the critical situation” of women and girls in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to “immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls, adhere to their commitments set out in Security Council resolution 2593, and respect the rights of women and girls.” UNIFEED

United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. WHO

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

Briefing reporters today, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan said that “humanitarian needs are absolutely enormous” and the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan should be “absolutely preserved”. UNIFEED

Dans son message pour le nouvel an, le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, António Guterres, a dit, «Ensemble, faisons de 2023 une année de paix, dans nos vies, dans nos foyers, dans notre monde.» UNIFEED