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Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary took oath of office today as the President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. His presidency will highlight “solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science.” UNIFEED

After touring flood afflicted  regions in Pakistan, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “I have never seen climate carnage on this scale” and added that the affected area, “is three times the total area of my own country, Portugal.” UNIFEED

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Security Council, "The Russian military has turned the territory of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia power plant, into a war zone. This is a fact,” adding that “Russia should unconditionally stop nuclear blackmail.” UNIFEED

The monkeypox outbreak which was declared by the Director-General of the World Health’s Organization’s (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on 23 July as a Global Health Emergency, could be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups, according to WHO’s monkeypox expert. UNTV CH

With temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organization (WMO) warned that heatwaves are and will occur more and more frequently. The pattern is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity, raising serious concerns for the planet’s future. UNTV CH

The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended today with more than 150 countries collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency. UNIFEED

Speaking at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “we want to have this treaty on the high seas,” but, he said, “this is something that we're discussing for seven years, so it's high time to accomplish it.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said, “this is absolutely a critical moment for our oceans, yes, but also for our values and our principles,” adding that “none of us can ignore the threat to the rules based international order that Russia's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine presents.” UNIFEED

Today in Lisbon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, addressed the opening ceremony of the 2022 Ocean Conference, along with the leaders of the two co-hosting nations – Portugal and Kenya and warned that we have taken the ocean for granted, and today we face what he would call an “Ocean Emergency”, adding that "we must now turn the tide." UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres, actor and ocean activist Jason Momoa, and the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, gathered at Carcavelos Beach, in Portugal, with youth delegates from all over the world, kickstarting the Ocean Conference that will take place this week in Lisbon. UNIFEED