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UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council, “we need a true humanitarian ceasefire,” adding that a failure of establishing a two-State solution “will condemn Palestinians, Israelis, the region and the world, to a never-ending cycle of death and destruction.” UNIFEED

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim opened the 33rd session of the IMO Assembly (A 33), which is meeting at IMO Headquarters in London from 27 November – 6 December 2023. IMO

The UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, said, “Halfway through the 2030 Agenda, we are far from achieving the target of eliminating violence against women and girls. It transcends borders and cultures.” UNIFEED

Wrapping up her second visit to the Horn of Africa country, the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia highlighted the interlinkages of human rights and other developments in the country. UNSOM

The Secretary-General said the new UN Environment Programme report shows that “the emissions gap is more like an emissions canyon.” UNIFEED

Transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food offers a unique opportunity to curb greenhouse emissions, but investments are urgent to scale up the solutions available, says Kaveh Zahedi, head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations climate division, ahead of the most important climate summit of the year, the forthcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28). FAO

With merely 13 months remaining until its first post-independence elections in South Sudan, UNMISS and partners hosted a political parties' forum on federalism to galvanize momentum in ongoing peace processes. UMNISS

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged all States to create the space for a path out of the horror unfolding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – both Gaza and the West Bank – and in Israel. UNTV CH

The Security Council adopted a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable the full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access. UNIFEED

The UN’s top emergency relief official on Wednesday condemned reported raids on Gaza’s embattled Al-Shifa hospital by the Israeli military, highlighting the need for humanitarian pauses to help deliver lifesaving support to civilians. UNTV CH