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The UN General Assembly voted by a large margin against the United States' economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. UNIFEED

María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative for Haiti, said, “The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunges the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs.” UNIFEED

The global economy continues to gradually recover from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, announced the IMF today in a press briefing marking the launch of July’s update of the World Economic Outlook report. IMF

As global temperatures reach unprecedented levels, the UN World Meteorological Organization warned of an increased risk of death as intense heatwaves continue to grip parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the United States. UNTV CH

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report. FAO

Alarming large-scale arrests and detentions since the onset of the protests in Iran, says a new UN report. UNTV CH

Somalia’s economic potential has been under the spotlight for the past two days at a gathering of Somali government, international partners, local entrepreneurs and foreign firms, with a goal of highlighting opportunities for business with international companies. UNSOM

The IMF warned of negative consequences to the global economy if US leadership is unable to resolve its political impasse over negotiations to extend the debt ceiling, spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC. IMF

General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said it was time “to get serious about debt relief in Middle-income countries, which host the majority of the extreme poor in the world,’ and called for the international community “to go beyond GDP as the primary measure of development.” UNIFEED

Financial stability risks have increased rapidly since the October 2022 Global Financial Stability Report as the resilience of the global financial system has faced several tests, the IMF announced in a press briefing. IMF