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UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Huang Xia highlighted to the Security Council the necessity to “sustainably build on these accomplishments while firmly addressing the challenges that persist” in the region. UNIFEED

The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held to launch the Middle East and Central Asia’s latest Regional Economic Outlook report. IMF

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the FAO Goodwill Ambassador, European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, made a joint call to support the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems to ensure enough affordable, nutritious, safe and sustainably produced food for all on the planet. FAO

In 2019 Kenya saw the worst Desert Locust invasion of the last 70 years. Crops and pastures were hit by the ravenous pest putting at risk food security and nutrition of thousands of people in the country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) quickly intervened to support the Government of Kenya’s response on survey and control measures. FAO

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “without including a wide range of diverse voices at every step” of the peacebuilding process, “any peace will be short-lived.” UNIFEED

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “extremely worried about the continued suffering of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya who are experiencing a myriad of daily violations and abuses at the hands of both State and non-state actors,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

Sudanese scholar, Raba Hakim, has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a MasterCard Foundation scholarship. UNHCR

Speaking at the launch of the World Health Organization’ (WHO) Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022, Secretary-General António Guterres said, "not to have equitable distribution of vaccines is not only a question of being immoral, it is also a question of being stupid." WHO

As South Sudan prepares itself for its first ever elections expected in early 2023, civil society organisations have begun engaging with various independent electoral bodies in an effort to create awareness amongst themselves, so that they can strengthen their voice and participation in a historic process that is lagging behind schedule. UNMISS

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the Organization’s recommendation for the “broad use of the world’s first malaria vaccine,” adding that the long-awaited vaccine “is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control.” WHO