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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

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded a three-day visit to Colombia, a country facing multiple population movements. UNHCR

A photo exhibition called ‘Peace Begins with Her’ took place to mark the 23rd anniversary of the landmark Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). UNIFEED

Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative for Colombia, said, “In times of tension around the world, Colombia’s case is a reminder that even the most entrenched of conflicts can be resolved through dialogue and a call to never desist in the search for peace.” UNIFEED

The International Organization for Migration appealed for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration. IOM

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Bárcena, told journalists that her country is facing “a real challenge” as “around three thousand people a day” are crossing the Darien Gap and heading north towards Mexico and the United States. UNIFEED

Speaking at the High-level week of the General Assembly, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro Urrego, asked the United Nations to hold two peace conferences, one on Ukraine and one on Palestine. UNIFEED

World leaders and United Nations officials arrive at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gary Conille, warned today about “a stark and alarming reality”, with children “migrating within Latin America and the Caribbean at an unprecedented rate, constituting a larger share of the migrant population than any other region worldwide.” UNIFEED