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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 Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, told journalists in New York that he was “optimistic” that the operation to salvage the Safer tanker off the coast of Yemen, “will end up as a positive news story.” UNIFEED

A United Nations spokesperson said the UN has encountered “some new delays” in accessing the FSO SAFER tanker, stranded off the coast of Yemen, “after recent additional requests from the Houthis.” UNIFEED

A United Nations spokesperson said the UN “has requested the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen to provide a letter with security assurances” in order to deploy a team to safeguard the endangered Safer oil tanker. UNIFEED

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the Organization remained “extremely concerned” about the SAFER oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, which is carrying 1.1 million barrels of oil and is in poor condition. UNIFEED

The president of the European Union Council Donald Tusk said that the use of words suggesting “an imminent conflict” between patriotism and globalism is” false and dangerous.” UNIFEED

Addressing the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected the “sensationalist attacks” he said his country has received following a surge in fires occurring in the Amazon rainforest. UNIFEED

Tropical Cyclone Kenneth swept into northern Mozambique on Thursday evening bringing heavy rain and winds registered in excess of 225 kilometres per hour after lashing the Comoros islands, where it claimed at least three lives, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

World Food Programme has sent 1000 metric tons of food to support some 166 000 families in Philippines in the aftermath of the devastating passage of the typhoon Mankhut. UNTV CH

Ten years after the world's worst natural disaster in living memory roared across the shorelines of South and Southeast Asia, countries in the region are better prepared to deal with tragedies like the tsunami, but there is still room for improvement, the United Nations' food agency (FAO) said today.  FAO