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The entry into force of new disciplines on services domestic regulation, announced at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, is expected to lower trade costs by over USD 125 billion worldwide. WTO

The growing number of people impacted by pressing humanitarian crises in conflict-affected places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, or by climate extremes, requires urgent and collective action, said Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ahead of her momentous intervention at the UN Security Council on February 13 on the escalation of acute hunger worldwide. FAO

Speaking at the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly, General Assembly President Dennis Francis said, “a mere 33 percent of the world's researchers are women, this distressingly low figure is identical to the income gap across the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, where women earn about 33 percent less than their male counterparts, a disparity grossly exacerbated for women of color.” UNIFEED

At a Mogadishu ceremony, a group of University for Peace graduates from Somalia and elsewhere were today encouraged to put their educational achievements at the service of solving their countries’ – and the world’s – problems. UNSOM

A network of universities in Brazil is supporting the government’s welcoming approach to refugees by revalidating their qualifications, enabling refugees to rebuild their academic and professional lives. UNHCR

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

The UN chief António Guterres said, “Let’s transform the world. Let’s bring more justice and equality to our international institutions. Let’s rescue the SDGs and fight for the better future every person deserves.” UNIFEED

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “I am deeply saddened by the continued and widespread deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua. Punishing and locking out those who voice their views, and further intensifying the country's isolation, are policies that do not serve the interests of the Nicaraguan people – or even the authorities.” UNTV CH

El Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos alertó hoy del riesgo que enfrentan y la vulnerabilidad en la que se encuentran un número sin precedentes de migrantes y refugiados que cruzan el Tapón del Darién - la densa selva tropical que separa Colombia y Panamá- en su viaje hacia Norteamérica. OHCHR