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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the Security Council today that “the situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour” and “the war in Gaza is raging and risks spiraling throughout the region.” UNIFEED

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada expressed solidarity with those affected by “the imperialist, colonialist, and fascist models which have caused the death of millions of human beings, imposing regimes of terror and deprivation, with shameful tides and unprecedented migratory tsunamis.” UNIFEED

The UN senior official for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, warned that “the lack of unity and action in the Security Council does little to slow the negative trajectory on the Korean Peninsula” and “the DPRK is unconstrained, and other parties are compelled to focus on military deterrence.” UNIFEED

Amid widespread food insecurity due to conflict, humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that “famine will happen in Somalia,” and added that “it will not be the only place either.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday said, “we need to do more, especially for the most vulnerable, to incorporate disaster risk in how we live, build, and invest.” UNDRR

On the 11th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident in Japan, a newly translated report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) in Japanese is being released which details the levels and effects of radiation exposure ten years after in the aftermath of the disaster. UNSCEAR

The United Nations Resident Coordinator for the Pacific Islands Jonathan Veitch said all UN staff in Tonga is “accounted for” and “stepping up” efforts to coordinate the response to the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and subsequent Tsunami. UNIFEED

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “vaccine inequity and health inequity overall were the biggest failures” of 2021, stressing that to end the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific tools “need to be shared fairly and quickly with all countries of the world.” WHO

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Delta and Omicron are twin threats that” are “leading to a tsunami of cases." WHO

The World Food Programme's (WFP) Country Director for Afghanistan. Mary-Ellen McGroarty, said, "there is tsunami of destitution, incredible suffering, and hunger spiraling out of control across Afghanistan.”