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Records in four out of seven key climate indicators were broken last year, UN climate scientists said on Wednesday, as the UN Secretary-General renewed his call for governments everywhere to end their reliance on fossil fuels “before we incinerate our only home.” UNTV CH

The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiralling global food crisis - and it’s getting worse, UNICEF warned in a new Child Alert. UNICEF

World Bank Group President David Malpass said the international community needs to “take important steps to address the current set of crises” facing the global economy, including the war in Ukraine, the ongoing pandemic, and rising debt burdens. WORLD BANK

World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. UNIFEED

Speaking to journalists in New York, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Monday that Ukraine is on fire, with the country being decimated before the eyes of the world. UNIFEED

In its third emergency meeting on Ukraine this week, Russia vetoed a Security Council draft resolution that would have condemned the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine. UNIFEEED

The number of internally displaced people due to the conflict in Myanmar has doubled since last year’s military coup and currently amounts to more than 800,000 people, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today as it scales up its emergency response in the country. UNTV CH

In a statement issued today, the members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attacks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, as well as in other sites in Saudi Arabia. UNIFEED

Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar is retiring from his post as Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have a long and decorated military career. UNMISS

Taking stock of Estonia’s two-year term as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, Ambassador Sven Jürgenson said, “there’s no difference whether you are big or small. You are a member of the Council,” noting that there were “very few occasions when the permanent members were doing their own thing.” UNIFEED