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Protracted conflict across Mali, along with internal displacement and limited humanitarian access are among the unprecedented risks threatening the country’s most vulnerable youngsters, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. UNTV CH

A UN spokesperson said that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is "seriously concerned" about the persistent cases of gender-based violence, particularly in conflict-affected provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNIFEED

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “is going throughout the world asking for money, asking for attention, asking for weapons, asking for other things,” and added that his proposals for ending the conflict are “completely not feasible.” UNIFEED

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre called for reforms in multilateral institutions, reiterating that “these establishments and their current structures are no longer fit for purpose.” UNIFEED

Increasing violence from armed conflict and intercommunal clashes which have left entire villages burned to the ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with rampant sexual violence and a cholera outbreak are devastating the lives of millions of people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH

During the SDG Summit in New York, world leaders discussed finance, investments and means of implementation for SDG achievement, noting that innovative financing mechanisms are needed to free up resources for development. UNIFEED

The UN chief António Guterres said, “Education represents a pathway to a better future for every person, and a more peaceful world. We can — and must — protect education from attack.” UNIFEED

A joint statement from Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States called for the parties to the Sudan conflict to “take full responsibility for preventing any acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by their members and should issue command orders that prohibit sexual violence.” UNIFEED

Ahead of the SDG Summit, a new UN report by an independent group of scientists launched today calls for transformational shifts rooted in science that would urgently reverse course and turbocharge the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “any potential or suspected violations of relevant Security Council resolutions” in supplying weapons to parties in the war in Ukraine, “if verified, are very concerning.” UNIFEED