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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 World Food Programme (WFP) delivered desperately needed food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza during the initial pause in fighting but reiterated that the supplies it was able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger seen by staff in the UN shelters and communities. WFP

A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said, “Amidst global challenges and crises, the international community must sustain its focus on Ukraine and end the suffering caused by this war.” UNIFEED

A World Food Program spokesperson said that nearly the entire population of Gaza now needs food assistance. UNIFEED

A new UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report said that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high last year, and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels were a full 50 per cent above the pre-industrial era for the first time – with “no end in sight” to the rising trend. UNTV CH

A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said that in Ukraine, “the past few weeks have seen a pattern of escalation of attacks on critical infrastructure, including attacks on energy infrastructure, across the country.” UNIFEED

With more frequent extreme weather events and the world warming up faster than at any point in recorded history, human health – particularly in the most vulnerable communities - is increasingly threatened, stated a new multi-agency report coordinated by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) which focused its 2023 annual report “State of Climate Series” on health. UNTV CH

Governments, international organizations, civil society, youth, and the private sector gathered in Vienna to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. UNIS

A planting ceremony of trees coming to Rome from around the world marked the launch of an ambitious initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to raise awareness on biodiversity and the need to make cities greener. FAO

According to the World Meteorological Organization, more early warnings are needed with the global hydrological cycle out of control. UNTV CH