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WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "while the direct health impacts of the pandemic on young people have been generally less severe, youth are disproportionately affected by the long-lasting consequences of the pandemic: disruptions to education, economic uncertainty, loss or lack of employment opportunities, impacts on physical and mental health, and trauma from domestic violence to name a few." WHO

The UN urgently called upon all parties to the conflict in Tigray region of Ethiopia to allow “unconditional, unfettered and safe humanitarian access for the whole region” to assist people who are now in their fifth week without food, water and power. UNIFEED

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said humanity has overcome many plagues and pandemics before, and “we will overcome this one,” but stressed that “we cannot – and we must not – go back to the same exploitative patterns of production and consumption, the same disregard for the planet that sustains all life, the same cycle of panic and neglect, and the same divisive politics that fueled this pandemic.” UNIFEED

UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi appealed for funds to help Sudan meet the needs of over 43,000 refugees fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region and called for an end to the ongoing crisis. UNHCR

At the opening of UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged continued support to better prepare for an uncertain future. During the pandemic, sustaining aid will mitigate marginalization that will be more costly to address later, Grandi tells high-level meeting. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi ended a two-day visit to Syria with an appeal for increased international assistance to relieve the plight of families still struggling to secure even the most basic provisions years after the end of fighting in some areas. UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi visited Jordan and Luminus Technical University College where vocational education is giving refugees in Jordan a second chance to achieve their dreams. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded his tour of Lebanon with a visit to refugee families in Tripoli and in the Bekaa valley, where he heard accounts of growing hardship and challenges. UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visited families impacted by the blast in Beirut to support and listen to the plight of all those affected by the explosion and to mobilize necessary aid efforts for the country to get back on its feet. UNHCR

The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, with more than 150,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported to World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday – “the most in a single day so far,” the WHO’s chief, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said today in Geneva. WHO