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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Abdullahi Mire – a former refugee and journalist who has championed the right to education while putting 100,000 books in the hands of refugee children in Kenya – will be the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s 2023 global laureate. UNHCR

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim opened the 33rd session of the IMO Assembly (A 33), which is meeting at IMO Headquarters in London from 27 November – 6 December 2023. IMO

A UN spokesperson said that the convoy from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that left Kidal on 31 October reached Gao last night without further incident. UNIFEED

Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization, said that with the appropriate use of science, technology, and innovation, we can grow food sustainably with less environmental impact. FAO

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “The world is increasingly divided, fragmented and inward looking,” adding that “forty-four new emergencies in 31 countries, capping off an awful record of number of crises in one year.” UNHCR

Launching the report on human rights in Myanmar, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “We are faced here with a system of ruthless repression designed to coerce and subjugate its people and to erode a society so that the narrow interests of a kleptocratic elite are preserved.” UNTV CH

Cutting food loss and waste while increasing income — this has proven possible in Thailand, thanks to some simple technical innovations in the processing of germinated brown rice. FAO

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Jalil Abbas Jilani, said, “We would like to have peace with India, but at the same time it will be contingent upon the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, told the General Assembly, “Despite contributing less than 0.47 per cent of global emissions, Bangladesh is one of the most climatically-vulnerable countries in the world.” UNIFEED