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A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been launched by WHO, WMO, UNEP, and ILO to help people protect themselves adequately. UNTV CH

Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, UNICEF estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War. This figure includes 13.7 million refugee and asylum-seeking children† and nearly 22.8 million children who are internally displaced due to conflict and violence. UNICEF

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Bangladeshi Marine Unit received a brand-new accommodation barge, an essential infrastructural upgrade for increased operational readiness. UNMISS

The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts. UNHCR

Records in four out of seven key climate indicators were broken last year, UN climate scientists said on Wednesday, as the UN Secretary-General renewed his call for governments everywhere to end their reliance on fossil fuels “before we incinerate our only home.” UNTV CH

Nearly 193 million people in the world are in acute food insecurity, an increase of 40 million people in one year, according to a new UN report. FAO

Located in the southern Federal Member State of Jubaland, Dollow has been hard hit by Somalia’s current wave of drought. The UN has been working with district authorities and humanitarian partners to help those in need. UNSOM

World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. UNIFEED

Amid growing famine risk in Somalia, a UN humanitarian visit to Galkayo highlighted the dire conditions of displaced Somalis. UNSOM

The World Bank Group said on Tuesday that governments should avoid restricting food exports which could exacerbate food price increases. Instead, governments should support the most vulnerable consumers facing high food costs and help food producers cope with high input costs. WORLD BANK