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After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometre-an-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada late Friday and Saturday, the UN said. UNTV CH

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

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

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the security crisis in the Sahel poses a global threat,” adding that “a coordinated international breakthrough is urgently needed.” UNIFEED

The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, said, “there is absolutely no doubt that today, we as a community of nations, collectively face the most challenging social, economic and environmental situation we have experienced in modern history.” UNIFEED

Katalin Éva Novák, President of Hungary said that the organizations set up to avoid war and preserve peace are focusing on ideological indoctrination, and she added, “This is not what is needed today. UNIFEED

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Commission, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “doubling on a failing strategy,” and stressed that “by the threat of using nuclear weapons, he's trying to intimidate Ukraine and all countries that support Ukraine.” UNIFEED

United States President Joseph Biden told the General Assembly’s General Debate that “Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter, none more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbour by force.” UNIFEED

Humanitarian, security and political developments including the formation of district councils were among the issues covered in discussions on Tuesday by top United Nations officials in Somalia on their visit to Jubaland. UNSOM

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, called upon the United Nations to become more actively involved in the fight against terrorism in the country and the Great Lakes region. UNIFEED