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Secretary-General António Guterres today arrived in Cabo Verde for the Ocean Race Summit – and to take a close look at some of the answers and innovative solutions under way in this 10-island archipelago off the coast of Africa. UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), through its Conduct and Discipline Team, convened and connected with women’s representatives in Gurei, Juba, to organize a ‘Stand Down Day’ designed to raise awareness of the need for collective action to uphold the rights of women. UNMISS

A Venezuelan music teacher and choir director leads a group composed of mostly refugees and migrants from Venezuela, but including Chileans and others from Colombia, Peru and Cuba. IOM

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell concluded a three-day visit to Viet Nam, commending the country for its many gains for children. Russell also called for urgent action to address challenges like malnutrition and inequalities that have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and climate shocks. UNICEF

On their day, the youth climate activists at COP27 took part in different “takeovers” and were seen – and heard – in almost every corner of the conference centre. UNIFEED

The High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on a five-day visit to Kenya and Somalia toured projects in northern Kenya and met with Somali asylum-seekers who crossed the border to escape a catastrophic drought at home. UNHCR

The Transforming Education Summit kicked off at the UN headquarters in New York with the Mobilization Day, where the Secretary-General received the first ever Youth Declaration on Transforming Education, the result of the participation of almost half a million children and young people from over 170 countries. UNIFEED

On the last day of his visit to Suriname, the Secretary-General António Guterres did a fly-over the country’s rainforest, with aerial viewing of Brownsberg, Brokopondo Lake, Afobakka and Central Suriname Nature Reserve. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to 485 UN personnel who lost their lives the past year, the highest number lost in a single year. UNIFEED

World Environment Day’s official celebrations were held today in Stockholm, and the host country Sweden announced a ban on issuing new licenses for the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas from 1 July this year to protect people and the planet. UNEP