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The Secretary-General, António Guterres, launched today the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, saying that the world is facing a crisis with record high numbers of people around the world displaced within their countries. UNIFEED

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters, “finding solution to UNRWA chronic financial problem requires political will to match the support for the mandate with sufficient resources," adding that the problem lays at a discrepancy between what UNRWA is expected to deliver and the resource being made available. UNIFEED

According to the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, more than 59 million people were internally displaced in 2021 as a consequence mainly related due to climate events. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme is launching Five Calls to Action to address today’s record-high humanitarian needs as leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, and UK prepare to meet, with ending conflict high on the agenda. WFP

Israeli forces were responsible for the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian shots - the UN human rights office alleged on Friday. UNTV CH

The United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged on Thursday donors and Member States to contribute to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). UNIFEED

Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million people in Ethiopia who are facing a combination of conflict in the north and climate shocks – drought – in the south while dwindling resources mean food and nutrition support may run dry from next month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned. WFP

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

During a visit to Poland and Ukraine this week, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller met those recently forced to flee their homes. UNHCR

The United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the Security Council that the humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire for millions of children, women and men, with needs at their highest since the start of the war over 11 years ago. UNIFEED