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“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the suicide bombing that took place at a mosque in Peshawar in Pakistan, earlier today,” a UN spokesperson told reporters. UNIFEED

WHO is launching its 2023 health emergency appeal today for US$ 2.54 billion to provide assistance to millions of people around the world facing health emergencies. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has increased by almost a quarter compared to 2022, to a record 339 million. WHO

Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. WHO

Close to 1 billion people in low- and lower-middle income countries - 1 in 8 of the world’s population –are served by health-care facilities that lack a reliable electricity supply, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll). WHO

Pakistan passed the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China to Cuba, in a ceremony in New York where the UN Secretary-General said “we can draw a straight line between the hardships suffered by your people, and the continued failure of developed countries and global institutions to support developing countries on multiple fronts.” UNIFEED

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

Since June 2022, a combination of heavy rains and riverine, urban, and flash flooding has led to an unprecedented natural disaster in Pakistan. Floods have affected 33 million people, with more than 1,730 lives lost as well as 2 million housing units impacted, and several thousands of schools and hospitals damaged or destroyed. FILE

UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries. UNTV CH

At the International Conference on Climate-Resilient Pakistan, co-hosted by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations, which took place today at the UN Office in Geneva, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for support to help Pakistan with a 16 billion US dollars rebuilding effort following devastating floods. UNTV CH

An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, warns the UN development agency. UNTV CH