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In Mozambique, displaced people are battling climate change on the frontlines. UNHCR

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, said he has encouraged key actors in the political, economic, and security spheres "to engage in dialogue with each other inside Libya, which would send a clear message to the population that they are serious about resolving their differences." UNIFEED

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are on the frontlines of the climate emergency, many are living in climate hotspots, where they typically lack the resources to adapt to an increasingly hostile environment. People from the displaced communities shared their stories today at COP27. UNIFEED

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for urgent support for families forced to flee as they head into a grim winter. Refugees and others displaced are struggling intensely, with freezing weather set to exacerbate already harsh conditions. UNHCR

Visiting the Kabasa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, in Doolow, Somalia, the Head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said, “2 million women and adolescent girls of childbearing age are going hungry because of unprecedented drought not seen in decades in this country.” UNFPA

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for a rapid scale-up of humanitarian assistance to help avert the deteriorating humanitarian situation in drought-hit Somalia. UNHCR

As missile attacks by Russian armed forces have increasingly struck cities across Ukraine during the month of October, targeting civilian infrastructure as people are taking children to school, the need for child protection services and access to safe spaces for children has never been felt more keenly since the start of the war. UNTV CH

The head of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, Valentine Rugwabiza, said that the resurgence of armed groups’ activity and the use of explosive devices in the border areas in the northwest of the country are making access to people who are in urgent and critical need of humanitarian assistance “difficult, if not impossible.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Mali briefed the Security Council on “encouraging developments” in the country, but warned they are “unfolding against the backdrop of a very challenging security, humanitarian, and human rights situation, with severe consequences for civilians across large parts of the country”. UNIFEED

South Sudan’s Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol said, the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement effectively “ended the internal conflict in South Sudan,” and has improved the security situation, allowing the internally displaced and refugees to voluntarily return home.” UNIFEED