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A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in nearly 70 countries next year, the UN said on Thursday. UNTV CH

The severe inflationary crisis, combined with a global slowdown in economic growth - driven in part by the war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis - are causing a striking fall in real monthly wages in many countries. ILO

As humanitarian needs continue to rise worldwide, the United Nations and partners will launch tomorrow the Global Humanitarian Overview, their annual assessment and plan to alleviate the suffering in 2023. OCHA

The first shipment of Russian fertilizer left Terneuzen, Netherlands on a WFP-chartered vessel Monday. The shipment is destined for Malawi via Mozambique, with a series of shipments of fertilizer destined for a number of other countries on the African continent in the coming months. UNTV CH via Uralchem

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen told the Security Council, “I have warned of the dangers of military escalation in Syria. I am here in person today to tell you that escalatory dynamics are taking place, and this is worrying and dangerous.” UNIFEED

The UN continues to be concerned about the plight of civilians in Ukraine especially as winter sets in, a UN Spokesperson said today. UNIFEED

With more than 50 percent of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the majority of Ukraine’s oblasts being without electricity while winter sets in, the humanitarian needs for the population are rising by the day. UNTV CH

UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, where security forces have used “live ammunition, birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas and batons”, he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UNTV CH

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told the Security Council today that Russia’s attacks against his country's energy infrastructure are “an obvious crime against humanity”. UNIFEED

In an interview in Dnipro, Ukraine, WHO Regional Director for Europe said, “as a medical doctor myself, I am so saddened and actually outraged to see that those attacks on health and healthcare facilities continue.” WHO