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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

The United Nations in Somalia congratulated President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his inauguration, and said it looks forward to working with his administration in support of achieving national priorities. UNSOM

Addressing at the Opening of the Stockholm+50, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged countries to “embrace the human right to a clean, healthy environment for all people, everywhere – especially poor communities; women and girls; indigenous peoples; young people and the generations to come.” UNIFEED

On the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN chief António Guterres called on leaders to be inspired by past successes for the “huge efforts that are needed now to ensure this, and future generations can live on a sustainable planet,” as the world is “nearing a point of no return.” UNEP

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, despite worrisome developments, “the people of Africa are determined to work relentlessly for a more prosperous, sustainable and peaceful continent,” and noted a “growing cooperation between the United Nations, the African Union, and sub-regional organizations on sustainable development, elections and peace processes.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “without including a wide range of diverse voices at every step” of the peacebuilding process, “any peace will be short-lived.” UNIFEED

The international community should work together “towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response” to build a more robust global health architecture that will protect future generations, world leaders said in a commentary published today in several newspapers around the world. WHO

President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta said, global geopolitics and competition between global powers “have complicated and severely undermined the global response to the COVID19 pandemic,” adding that “they have caused severe anxiety and undermined coordinated responses to an economic and social character that would have left us in a stronger position as a global collective.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has welcomed the signing of an agreement between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his chief rival and former deputy, Riek Machar on Sunday in neighbouring Sudan, on outstanding governance issues and security arrangements in Khartoum as an important step forward in the revitalization of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the country. UNMISS

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced today their concern that three of Kenya’s largest private TV channels remain off the air. UNTV CH