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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “the multiple crises we are experiencing are a wake-up call for the much needed often absent solidarity, adding that to turn crises into an opportunity, “the key lies in the required transitions in renewable energy, food systems and digital connectivity – and in investment in human capital, financing the opportunities.” 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

A two-day High-level Meeting of the General Assembly kicked off today at the United Nations’ headquarters, in New York, with the goal of improving global road safety. UNIFEED

WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "on COVID-19, driven by BA.4 and BA.5 in many places, cases are on the rise in 110 countries, causing overall global cases to increase by 20 per cent and deaths have risen in three of the six WHO regions even as the global figure remains relatively stable.” WHO

WFP is providing emergency assistance to families affected by the 22 June earthquake that hit the south-eastern provinces of Paktika and Khost in Afghanistan. WFP has teams on the ground assessing humanitarian needs among earthquake-hit families. WFP

“We cannot accept mass hunger and starvation in the twenty-first century,” UN Chief said, addressing the G7 Ministerial Conference on Global Food Security. UNIFEED

A group of United Nationss officers from a variety of expert backgrounds visited Sool and Sanaag, in Somaliland, to assess the human rights situation in the two regions, after a pause of a few years due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNSOM

In keeping with the spirit of promoting a sustainable lifestyle in harmony with planet Earth, the 8th International Yoga Day celebration took place today at UN Headquarters. UNIFEED

The President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, said that “cyberspace and social media together with the proliferation of disinformation and fake news have aggravated the effects of hate speech to unprecedented heights.” UNIFEED

WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multilaterally negotiated outcomes on a series of key trade initiatives. WTO